Wow. Considering this, and the fact that tech will undoubtedly get blamed for designing many jobs out of existence, how long before we see an Occupy Sand Hill Road?
I say it in every "Rage against the system!" thread on these boards: there are many people here who are "the system" as far as the proletariat are concerned. As SV rises in power and its players become engrossed in politics, that becomes more evident. So be careful when you wish for revolution. You might find yourself on the wrong side.
You make a great point about how the system already exists and in many ways the SV crowd is it. Looking forward, what is there to be done to prevent SV, Seattle, Austin and Denver from becoming the Detroit/Rust Belt of the next economic industrial shift?
It's not so hard to defect, when the time comes. And in tech, there has always been some degree of resentment between engineers and the managerial-founder-VC class.
I say it in every "Rage against the system!" thread on these boards: there are many people here who are "the system" as far as the proletariat are concerned. As SV rises in power and its players become engrossed in politics, that becomes more evident. So be careful when you wish for revolution. You might find yourself on the wrong side.