Evan Spiegel is just another talented but arrogant, unaware-of-his-own-privilege guy. To his credit, he's aware of it: I bring this up because I want to ackno

Evan Spiegel is just another talented but arrogant, unaware-of-his-own-privilege guy. To his credit, he's aware of it: I bring this up because I want to acknowledge inequality. At Stanford, and in Silicon Valley, we perpetuate the myth of meritocracy. We believe that the harder we work, the more we will achieve. The more effort that we take to craft ourselves, and our brands, the more opportunities we will create for ourselves. But in Cape Town, and in America, and across the world - This is not true. I am a young, white, educated male. I got really, really lucky. And life isn’t fair. So if life isn’t fair - It’s not about working harder; it’s about working the system. http://www.scribd.com/doc/135235429/Design-Yourself-Conference-Opening-Keynote-by-Evan-Spiegel-CEO-of-Snapchat http://www.scribd.com/doc/135235429/Design-Yourself-Conferen...