This is both more pessimistic and more optimistic than reality. Remember hardcore engineering progress was made even in the Soviet Union
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Most people, even smart engineers can learn to keep their mouths shut and stay away from controversial topics.
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Furthermore, the massive concentration of talent and capital in the Valley is simply not reproduceable anywhere else.
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Keeping mouth shut is fine for now, But Marxist entryism does not stop there. They will hunt people who have *bad thoughts* also
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I know a decent number of people at all the top companies in tech my observation is all the good people have moved to startups
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Also tech is ridiculously remunerative even now, you might see a rise of completely private companies not subject to any control.
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the rise of open source, block chain, basically orgs with no external pressure points whatsoever is what will happen.
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I dont buy the China story, but the stifling political atmosphere of SV will have bad consequences sooner or later
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Also valley is a lot of marketing balderdash. Seattle for example is an insane tech hub which goes unnoticed. Now seattle is also deep blue.
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I disagree. While other cities are coming up they are marginal/peripheral. Most innovation is done in the valley.
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