What's driving the increasing worry about and antipathy toward Silicon Valley is who has power. Nothing more or less.
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Replying to @dangillmor @paulg
That seems like a perfectly reasonable cause for concern. No? Why would US tech oligarchs be better than other oligarchs?
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Replying to @HerraBRE @dangillmor
Though you meant that as a rhetorical question, there is an answer. They're not playing a zero-sum game.
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You can't (ordinarily) bribe or bully your way to making your product the most popular. Users have to like it.
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Replying to @paulg @dangillmor
A lot of people feel Microsoft disproved that idea. Monopolies abound and thrive in tech, and skew things heavily.
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Replying to @HerraBRE @dangillmor
I'm not saying SV is perfect. But there is a qualitative difference between SV "oligarchs" and e.g. those in Russia.
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Replying to @paulg @dangillmor
I agree. But I also think it is wrong to casually dismiss legitimate concerns about concentration of power.
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I agree with you too!
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Totally disagree. Unlike Russia a great product or tech can displace a tech giant or at least pushes them to do better
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