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Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader shares a New York Times report: In recent months, a growing number of tech leaders have been flirting with the idea of leaving Silicon Valley. Some cite the exorbitant cost of living in San Francisco and its suburbs, where even a million-dollar salary can feel middle class. Others complain about local criticism of the tech industry and a left-wing echo chamber that stifles opposing views. And yet others feel that better innovation is happening elsewhere. "I'm a little over San Francisco," said Patrick McKenna, the founder of High Ridge Venture Partners who was also on the bus tour. "It's so expensive, it's so congested, and frankly, you also see opportunities in other places." Mr. McKenna, who owns a house in Miami in addition to his home in San Francisco, told me that his travels outside the Bay Area had opened his eyes to a world beyond the tech bubble. "Every single person in San Francisco is talking about the same things, whether it's 'I hate Trump' or 'I'm going to do blockchain and Bitcoin,'" he said. "It's the worst part of the social network."
[...] Complaints about Silicon Valley insularity are as old as the Valley itself. Jim Clark, the co-founder of Netscape, famously decamped for Florida during the first dot-com era, complaining about high taxes and expensive real estate. Steve Case, the founder of AOL, has pledged to invest mostly in start-ups outside the Bay Area, saying that "we've probably hit peak Silicon Valley." But even among those who enjoy living in the Bay Area, and can afford to do so comfortably, there's a feeling that success has gone to the tech industry's head. "Some of the engineers in the Valley have the biggest egos known to humankind," Mr. Khanna, the Silicon Valley congressman, said during a round-table discussion with officials in Youngstown.
[...] Complaints about Silicon Valley insularity are as old as the Valley itself. Jim Clark, the co-founder of Netscape, famously decamped for Florida during the first dot-com era, complaining about high taxes and expensive real estate. Steve Case, the founder of AOL, has pledged to invest mostly in start-ups outside the Bay Area, saying that "we've probably hit peak Silicon Valley." But even among those who enjoy living in the Bay Area, and can afford to do so comfortably, there's a feeling that success has gone to the tech industry's head. "Some of the engineers in the Valley have the biggest egos known to humankind," Mr. Khanna, the Silicon Valley congressman, said during a round-table discussion with officials in Youngstown.
It's not over, Season 5 starts March 25th.
The obvious conclusion from the wave of car breakins in San Francisco is this - not only do we need self driving cars, but we need self-defending cars and a amendment to the second amendment that specifically lays out the right for self driving cars to be armed.
Thus we have the three laws of self-driving cars:
1) A self-driving car may not cause harm to other cars, or through inaction allow humans to damage or scuff the paint job of another car.
2) A self-driving car must obey orders given by the owner except when it would conflict with the protection of itself or other self-driivng cars.
3) A self-driving car must protect its own existence unless self-immolation would protect cars of higher value, or result in a really awesome YouTube video.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
From TFA: The trip, which took place on a luxury bus outfitted with a supply of vegan doughnuts and coal-infused kombucha, was known as the “Comeback Cities Tour.”
Vegan doughnuts. Coal-infused kombucha. Wherever it is these people think they're going to relocate to, it looks like they're taking Silicon Valley with them.
I mean, you can't just pull them out cold turkey, they would go into shock. You have to ease them into it slowly. Like putting a fish in a new aquarium.
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
FYI...
1) You get your gas pumped for you in Oregon because someone thought it would be a great (protectionist) idea to make it a LAW to not allow folks to pump their own gas in most circumstances. It sucks waiting for someone to amble out and pump your gas for you on your commute (and if it's someone new to the job, well, that car wash you did the day before just went to hell...)
2) A lot of us drive slow as hell up here. Kinda sucks, but fortunately I only have to commute about once a week, so for me at least, it's tolerable.
3) Oregon is full. Move to Washington. ;)
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?