If Silicon Valley was a political giant, maybe we could get new constructions in Mountain View and Palo Alto
For all the talk about Silicon Valley's influence, it can't even fix simple political issues in its own backyard -- housing, transportation
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lets get
@elonmusk to bring some boring machines to the bay area and get big companies to fund them
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Exactly! Silicon Valley is the worst place in the developed world I have visited yet.
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@fchollet It's the equivalent of the shoemaker making terrible shoes for himself and beautiful shoes for everyone else.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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On the flip side it means that wealth doesn't entirely influence politics and policies.
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So we should ask SV companies to focus on benefits than on corporate lobbying. I don't have stats for lobbying but hear a lot of money in it
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On transportation there was a BART around the Bay + Marin proposal before it got built. Got killed due to NIMBY attitude from some counties.
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note that when Facebook proposes housing open to the public on land it owns it's criticized for creating a company town
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YES! WTF?!?
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Can't or won't?
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