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The Unexotic Underclass
- tokenadult 13y agoThis snuck up on me. The essay was much better than I expected, and it is a challenge to high-tech entrepreneurs that may appeal to your idealism and sense of adventure.
- dylandrop 13y agoAgreed. I think - or at least hope - there might be a hidden desire in Silicon Valley to start solving "Big Problems". To evidence this, I'd point to the admiration of Elon Musk by posters on HN, who - albeit being rich because of Paypal - has devoted most of his time to solving problems like energy and space exploration.
- saurik 13y agoBut the point of this article was to not solve "Big Problems" and instead to solve "big problems": to look at uninteresting problems that happen to be big and affect an underclass you are not part of that isn't "exotic" enough to be interesting.