Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: From the perspective of culture and the arts, Silicon Valley is:A desert39.4%All pablum23.5%A brewing scene23.5%A flourishing scene13.5%170 votes·Final results8:34 PM · May 17, 20164 Retweets10 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 17, 2016Replying to @jamesmcn.@jamesmcn Not asking for a defense or justification. I'm asking about the cultural production of SV itself. It's a factual question.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 17, 2016Replying to @jamesmcnI am not asking the question for the reasons you think I am. What SV enables elsewhere is a different question from what SV *is*1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 21, 2016Replying to @vgrHmm. N=170.Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·May 17, 2016Poll: From the perspective of culture and the arts, Silicon Valley is:Show this poll2
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Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 17, 2016Replying to @Threadbare and @jamesmcnThe former is not an interesting question. All tech is eventually used for art. Hollywood runs on CGI/computers etc.2
Michael Frank Martin@riemannzeta·May 17, 2016Replying to @vgrI voted all pablum although all is overstatement. It's mostly pablum.
Michael Frank Martin@riemannzeta·May 17, 2016Replying to @vgrthe "problem" is that people view their apps as art1
Michael Frank Martin@riemannzeta·May 17, 2016Replying to @vgrnot enough app/web devs are engaging their emotions and imaginations1
Michael Frank Martin@riemannzeta·May 17, 2016Replying to @vgrbut I believe many would have said the same of the guilds in 15th Century Venice
Ian Johnson @enjalot·May 17, 2016Replying to @vgrmore like a fast food production table: routinely sterilized but some culture can grow in the corners where the scraps fall3