nannotequalnan

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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
completely disagree. SV billionaires wield enormous power and influence, through their wealth, positions of power, influential personas, companies etc. there is a very good argument to be made that elon musk pushed the EV industry forward.
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
agree completely, although that's kind of the point. the problem is that the tech elite are going for most bang for the buck (ie. looking out for no 1) instead of trying to solve the mess that they, in part, created
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
anecdotally, it feels like the tech elite are trying to outsmart the system (such as prepping for doomsday scenarios), rather than trying to improve the system to prevent, or lower the probability of the doomsday scenario in the first place
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
money > mission
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
THANK YOU. Privilege plays a huge role in entrepreneurship, and it does a disservice to the vast majority that do not have privilege, to pretend like startups are a true meritocracy.
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
i've lived for long periods inside and outside SV, which I'll flatter myself into thinking gives me an insider and outsiders perspective. i share the author's sense of horror that SV is becoming a dystopia led by tech elite t
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
i think (it's always hard to know for certain, because this is a pretty deep subject) that I agree with everything you said. on difficulty in framing discussion: I agree that there can be two extremes, and discussions always seem to ge
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
In my humble opinion, wealth inequality is the root of the issue -- to the point where a hedge fund MD can write, not ironically, and I actually thought the article was good, about how much richer people above them are. That and an increasi
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by nannotequalnan 8y ago
SV is the best parody of SV. i know this might be a "diffusion of responsibility", but it would be nice if tech elites focused on problems such as rampant homelessness in SF/SV instead of recreating burning man in their livin