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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 9 Apr 2019
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    I do not think "Tech is teh evil" does any favors for impressionable folks who are making career plans and don't have anyone in their life who can tell them "Tech actually has mostly scrupulous people producing a lot of value working on hard problems. Also pays very well."

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      1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 9 Apr 2019
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        Ironically, I expect a lot of folks who write about "tech is teh evil" belong to a social class which will give much more accurate and actionable intelligence to their younger cousins than those articles will.

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      1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 9 Apr 2019
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        Replying to @patio11

        Firas Durri Retweeted Valerie R. Coffman

        This came to mind:https://twitter.com/valerierose/status/1096456113644462080 …

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        Valerie R. Coffman @valerierose
        Replying to @swamidigital @Austen
        Critiques are valid, but when they cross over into hype they serve to create an non-inclusive environment at scale. Young women ask me if the startup/tech world is as bad as the media portrays it. The hype discourages some people.
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      1. Darth Covidious‏ @nycplayer 9 Apr 2019
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        Pays scrupulous people very well in relation to other fields. Less well, in relation to the unscrupulous people holding most of the positions of power in tech. See also: https://mashable.com/article/amazon-eero-wifi-router-sale/ …

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      1. Kamil Choudhury‏ @kchoudhu 9 Apr 2019
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        I’m ok with tech is evil gatekeeping the market, more pricing power for me.

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      1. Jonathan Szeto‏ @JonathanPSzeto 10 Apr 2019
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        It seems like in every decade there's one aspect of technology that gets scapegoated. In the 70s it was chemicals In the 80s it was nuclear power In the 90s it was fossil fuels. In the 00s it was plastics. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

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