Why isn’t Silicon Valley more engaged civically? For those that have done well, you don’t see folks engaging in local non-profits (the arts, homelessness, etc) the way people do in NY or LA. And given that we are nothing if not systems designers, can we design a solution? ##
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1) Angel investing replaces the social utilitarian value of giving in SF. 2) Age- the wealth is recent, the founders are young. 3) SF core is anti-establishment, builder mentality, so we don’t want the name on a gold plaque at the MET, we want to build our own solution. Others?
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@ezraklein has an insight related to SF that sticks out w/ me reading the replies. He says the intellectual culture here is unlike other places, it’s venture-like in problem solving — “here are 20 ideas, 19 are quite wrong, not even a little wrong, 1 could change everything.”Prikaži ovu nit -
His point is that this thinking works well for startups maybe not so well for rebuilding/strengthening a society. It’s similar to this point by Sarah & Phil:https://twitter.com/philchacko/status/1223337611416072192 …
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But maybe there is a key there. New York uses status as a driver for giving (gala parties, names on plaques). But as
@paulg says, different cities send different messages on how to be successful there. (http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html )Prikaži ovu nit -
SF culture is not one of incremental status upgrades like NY. It is driven off big plans, the raw power to try and change the status quo even if chances are slim. It’s one of the reasons I think SB50 has gotten so much conversation.
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But civic projects here generally still crib the language and approaches of other cities. I’ve got brochures from DC and SF non profits with virtually the same language. Perhaps the approach just needs to be different.
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People typically arrive here young. Before many get to really experience/understand the benefit of public infrastructure. Then they get on the never ending treadmill of startups, and worldview evolves into “there are two modes in life: sink or swim”. Empathy takes a back seat.
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It's a form of survivorship bias. People come here to innovate, make money, or both. They're anti-establishment, skeptical of gov't, and socially disengaged. The treadmill takes hold. Those that don't fit the mold are priced out and you're left with the homogeny we see now.
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Have had many conversations on this lately / been asking same questions. Discussed w/
@teddyschleifer this week. Have developed a few theories, based on research and conversations w/folks who moved here from other areas and those who have since moved to other states: -
1) Most people are “transient” - didn’t grow up in Bay Area, won’t live here in retirement 2) people are stressed - cost of living is crazy and no one actually feels like they can afford their lifestyle 3) high taxes - odd “government should solve it” mentality...
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