I was looking at some photographs of Silicon Valley people from 10-15 years ago, and it's amazing how happy everyone seems. Because no one in the outside world cared what we were doing.pic.twitter.com/IXLsITjwqL
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A serious non-troll question. Have you reflected/written up your feelings on the ways tech has gone wrong (define that as you like) over the period of YC, why, and how you figure in that? Because people care now, smile less, and not without reason.
I don't think it has gone wrong so much as that when you become successful you attract a lot of carpetbaggers and haters. When someone talked about startups in 2005, it was because they cared about startups. But you can't assume that in 2020.
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No, I mean how tech went wrong. How startup culture, the focus and the logic of tech startup success created serious social problems that we're suffering from today. I could expand on my feelings there, but I'd rather find out what you think.
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The main problem that comes to mind is polarization. The internet lets each person find what they want to believe. But that's not a byproduct of startup culture.
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Is it not possible that the more important issue is that with great success comes greater responsibility? It’s impossible to be at the center of the world and also have nobody outside the community care what you’re doing or notice the negative externalities from your work.
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Sure. But even if you were perfectly responsible, the money would still attract carpetbaggers and haters.
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I am relatively sure that election interference, sowing dissection, trumpeting technologies designed to put 3 million people out of jobs, increasing monopolization, and acceleration of disinformation could be considered “gone wrong.”
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