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This growing strategy of doing a top post that purports to respond to caricatures of other people is tiring, but is increasingly common (I would wager that an a

This growing strategy of doing a top post that purports to respond to caricatures of other people is tiring, but is increasingly common (I would wager that an average depth query for HN posts would show a strong trend towards decreasing). Yes, someone said the post is hyperbolic drivel. You can argue subjectively whether that is true or not, but simply calling it "denial" is not a credible way of responding to it. And FWIW...public enemy #1? Linkbait garbage. The "hero tech genius of SV" remains an absolutely common media story, and SV companies remain among the most respected and adored names. Comparing them with banks, or claiming that they're perceived as a public enemy, is indeed, hyperbolic drivel. Some people protested a bus in San Francisco. Cue hysterics and gross-overreactions.

alecco 13y ago
Society is starting to get tired of the tech industry exceptionalism. You see it in many places, off-line.
- avn2109 13y ago
  Society outside of NYC/SF/a few other places has never heard of the tech industry or it's exceptionalism. The middle of the country doesn't know that we exist. And in NY, our claims of grandeur are drowned out by the overwhelming swagger of the finance guys.
  - aryastark 13y ago
    On what planet do you live on? You make it sound like the midwest is riding around in buggy whips and without electricity. You really think people haven't seen The Social Network? That entire movie was about the arrogance of Zuckerberg and what a special little snowflake he was.
  - Crito 13y ago
    My parents thought that "Silicon Valley" was "that 90's thing". Many Americans haven't paid attention to it or heard about it since the dot-com burst. I have also several times encountered the idea that "there are no more software jobs, they all went overseas". Of course that has no basis in reality, but that is one of the themes about the tech industry that is perpetuated by various forms of media.
    - Crake 13y ago
      >"I have also several times encountered the idea that "there are no more software jobs, they all went overseas". Of course that has no basis in reality, but that is one of the themes about the tech industry that is perpetuated by various forms of media." One of the smarter guys in my physics class was convinced that programming was a dead end career. I was perplexed since he read a lot of science and tech news and seemed pretty up to date on things in general.
  - Crake 13y ago
    The midwest is very aware of the tech industry, even if large numbers of hackers in one place are harder to find there (due to population density). Awareness is probably lower among working class people, but even they usually have smart phones these days. It's not SF, but there's a really nice tech scene here in NYC. Who cares about the finance people? I don't care if NYC's #1 most famous industry is tech. Rank #2 or #3 or #4 is fine too, just so long as there's a decent enough amount of it going on to enjoy.
- thrill 13y ago
  Hardly. It doesn't take many brain cells to realize that technology is the one thing that may get a debt ridden society solvent - by creating tools that multiply the impact of every individual's wealth and reduces the strain of debt - much of which has been created by irresponsible government. Spray painting Big Bad Wolf on every technologist's street corner as seems to be the purpose of recent doom and gloom media efforts is nothing more than an expression of the efforts to magnify the psychological angst that someone, somewhere, has more money than someone else.
ChrisNorstrom 13y ago
We're talking about TechCrunch here, they're the ultimate SV echo chamber known for losing their mind over startups like Color and Hipster.com without even knowing what those startups did before they launched (btw, both startups are now dead). They're about as journalistic as reality tv is documentary.

alecco 13y ago

Society is starting to get tired of the tech industry exceptionalism. You see it in many places, off-line.

avn2109 13y ago
Society outside of NYC/SF/a few other places has never heard of the tech industry or it's exceptionalism. The middle of the country doesn't know that we exist. And in NY, our claims of grandeur are drowned out by the overwhelming swagger of the finance guys.
- aryastark 13y ago
  On what planet do you live on? You make it sound like the midwest is riding around in buggy whips and without electricity. You really think people haven't seen The Social Network? That entire movie was about the arrogance of Zuckerberg and what a special little snowflake he was.
- Crito 13y ago
  My parents thought that "Silicon Valley" was "that 90's thing". Many Americans haven't paid attention to it or heard about it since the dot-com burst. I have also several times encountered the idea that "there are no more software jobs, they all went overseas". Of course that has no basis in reality, but that is one of the themes about the tech industry that is perpetuated by various forms of media.
  - Crake 13y ago
    >"I have also several times encountered the idea that "there are no more software jobs, they all went overseas". Of course that has no basis in reality, but that is one of the themes about the tech industry that is perpetuated by various forms of media." One of the smarter guys in my physics class was convinced that programming was a dead end career. I was perplexed since he read a lot of science and tech news and seemed pretty up to date on things in general.
- Crake 13y ago
  The midwest is very aware of the tech industry, even if large numbers of hackers in one place are harder to find there (due to population density). Awareness is probably lower among working class people, but even they usually have smart phones these days. It's not SF, but there's a really nice tech scene here in NYC. Who cares about the finance people? I don't care if NYC's #1 most famous industry is tech. Rank #2 or #3 or #4 is fine too, just so long as there's a decent enough amount of it going on to enjoy.
thrill 13y ago
Hardly. It doesn't take many brain cells to realize that technology is the one thing that may get a debt ridden society solvent - by creating tools that multiply the impact of every individual's wealth and reduces the strain of debt - much of which has been created by irresponsible government. Spray painting Big Bad Wolf on every technologist's street corner as seems to be the purpose of recent doom and gloom media efforts is nothing more than an expression of the efforts to magnify the psychological angst that someone, somewhere, has more money than someone else.

ChrisNorstrom 13y ago

We're talking about TechCrunch here, they're the ultimate SV echo chamber known for losing their mind over startups like Color and Hipster.com without even knowing what those startups did before they launched (btw, both startups are now dead). They're about as journalistic as reality tv is documentary.