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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 May 2017
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    Is it just me? I haven't felt this much excitement in tech scene since '97. Between blockchain & machine learning, it's like New Internet 🤔

    8:09 AM - 20 May 2017
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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 May 2017
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        It's become 100x easier to get into tech scene and be visible within it (online). What's gotten more expensive is physical presence in SV

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 May 2017
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        But that's increasingly less necessary/valuable. Visit as needed, go to Sandhill Rd to raise, only move there to scale talent >100 engineers

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      2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 20 May 2017
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        With hindsight, "Web 2.0" and mobile were both incremental tech advances overall, despite huge GDP added. But ML, blockchain feel truly new.

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        Set a reminder for yourself to look at that again in 25 years :)

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        Huh, afaict it's the reverse. It's a lot more diverse and inclusive this time around.

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 May 2017
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        Trips to the bat area between then and now over 2 decades, 2 decades in tech (I was in grad school in 97)

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 May 2017
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        Not my experience. I see increasingly different and gradually broadening group of people taking swings. And more global diffusion.

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 May 2017
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        Umm you said you were in 8th grade in 1997, how would you know?

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 21 May 2017
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        "Garage" in the Bay Area is actually privileged NIMBY locus of innovation 😂. Cloud+Crashing startup costs= innovation moved to cheaper loci.

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        I'm hearing you. I just don't agree. It was worse before. Just behind closed doors instead of exposed in a vast public social media scene.

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