4 ms·
Can someone help me understand what effect would be had if Google did exactly what these people wanted and uprooted to elsewhere? I feel like that would cause a
by wf 13y ago
Can someone help me understand what effect would be had if Google did exactly what these people wanted and uprooted to elsewhere? I feel like that would cause a way bigger problem than it would solve, but my intuition doesn't have a solid basis.
- Xdes 13y agoLike it or not these Silicon Valley types are coming in and pillaging the local economy with capital that isn't even theirs. It's a very unsustainable and disruptive environment that displaces workers, creates instability, and increases civil unrest. Innovation and economic progress, while essential to the advancement of society, needs to be amortized to decrease these negative side effects.
- throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago"Can someone help me understand what effect would be had if Google did exactly what these people wanted and uprooted to elsewhere?" Together with the rest of Bay Area tech? Perhaps like the collapse of the auto monopoly in Detroit, but with an even larger industry and a worse-run city (SF).