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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@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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At least on the art front I know many people who donate huge sums to burning man and other non traditional artists. I think defining "support art" as a name on a building is pretty limiting
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Donating to an annual art festival isn’t sustainable art giving. We need to be ongoing. Going to live music, poetry, art openings. Support artists in their everyday lives. Burning man creates an amazing art community, but it’s too seasonal IMHO
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yup this is my outsider-visitor's POV too. prior to "making it", most are too busy focused on trying to make it. once they've made it, their background & skillset etc has put them on an incentive gradient where it makes sense to do more of the samehttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1189931788010811392 …
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Tech people are used to spending time on global scale products. Civic engagement has less scope / impact. This isn't my POV but I think it's part of what plays into what happens here.
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Tech also doesn't have career ladder ties to philanthropy like traditional industries such as finance and real estate, where it's an expected part of what you do on track to partner etc
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