It can be hard to understand conservatism in Silicon Valley given there's little or nothing worth conserving.
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Replying to @benedictevans
Many of the things whose disruption in the face of tech most upsets people don't really exist in the Valley in the first place.
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Replying to @benedictevans
There's a self-selection effect to people who're willing to move to and live in the Bay Area in order to build things
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Replying to @benedictevans
For some people, living in the Valley, or even SF, means giving up too much. That filters the pool of people building things
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Replying to @benedictevans
In no particular order, arts, housing, shops, commute, parks, schools, urban life... Want to build the future? Downgrade some or all
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Replying to @benedictevans
Conversely, go to Stanford at 17 and walk into a tech job: you could change the world w/out ever living in a city or knowing what that means
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Replying to @benedictevans
@BenedictEvans@kimmaicutler who needs Stanford? Find an open source community to build a reputation in & you can have the job w/o the debt.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@dgouldin@kimmaicutler possibly, but that's not really the point1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @benedictevans
@benedictevans@kimmaicutler you're talking about self-selection due to inability/unwillingness to sacrifice & edu cost is beside the point?9 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@dgouldin @BenedictEvans I don't think that has anything to do with lack of arts, etc. here.
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