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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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.
Sure. But even if you were perfectly responsible, the money would still attract carpetbaggers and haters.
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Of course, but is it really the carpetbaggers and haters that are responsible for Silicon Valley’s loss of joy? Seems like most of it is the natural scrutiny that comes with success combined with the mindbendingly fast shift from 90s/00s era “cheerleader” tech press to today
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Saying that if you were responsible people would still dislike you as a defense to being accused of being irresponsible seems very irresponsible
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What do you mean by haters here? Silicon Valley has had huge problems with diversity (among other things) and now some of those are at least being acknowledged. Is the happiness of a privileged few better or a more fair playing field for all, more responsible progress?
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“Carpetbaggers” isn’t a great word either. The historical connotations are ugly here, but ignoring this, the contextless meaning—opportunists from elsewhere—is pretty much what has always powered tech startups. What can he mean?
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Oh my god get over yourselves
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