While there's a lot of inflammatory, and frankly unfounded, accusations here, I do strongly agree with two major points: 1) Like Cameron, most SV tech workers

While there's a lot of inflammatory, and frankly unfounded, accusations here, I do strongly agree with two major points: 1) Like Cameron, most SV tech workers are utterly convinced that they are doing "good", even if that means replacing jobs with machines. I don't necessarily have a problem with replacing jobs with machines, but we have to come up with some means of sustenance and stimulation to replace jobs for those affected (btw, these are not intractable problems: basic income could address the sustenance issue, and for the stimulation part, I believe that open source model has a lot to offer). That's urgent. Otherwise, no one is doing any good, we're just knocking middle class earners into poverty. 2) The tech "elite" (not fond of the term) are living in a parallel universe. This one is on display any time any economic article is posted on HN. It's clear that many (most?) commentators are convinced that the economic recovery is complete and everyone is happy. This is far from the truth. As well documented by respected economists, at least in the US, most of the economic gains since the great recession have gone to the top 1% of income earners [1]. The rest of this country's inhabitants are suffering still. By the way, to be specific about what in this article is "unfounded", it's calling tech workers in SV "elite" or "rich". Given extraordinarily high cost of living in SV, the average wage among SV workers is frankly not enough to support a middle class family at the level the middle class enjoys in the small towns and cities in middle America (I recently researched this in detail). The only reason the average tech workers has significant disposable income is that they are young and single or married with no children. Young people working professional jobs anywhere have disposable income (it's the only time in my life I had significant disposable income). 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/upshot/gains-from-economic-recovery-still-limited-to-top-one-percent.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/upshot/gains-from-economic... Edit: small request for posterity: can the downvoters please indicate which part of my post you disagree with, since I have strong criticism for both the writer and for tech culture? A simple reply of "techie" or "lefty" would suffice. Thanks!