[dmix]

> Despite calls-to-action like that “It’s Time to Build” essay we’ve all read

So is this 'team' building something real or offering an sustainable alternative? Being snippy on social media is an even more rampant way to do nothing while patting yourself on the back about progress.

Besides, there's rarely ever seems to be a shortage of navel gazing and satire written about Silicon Valley.

[soared]

> most of the industry (from product teams to VC) still stays obsessed with exclusive social apps that regularly ignore — or even silence — real needs faced by marginalized people all over the world, and exclude these folks from the building process. As an industry, we need to do better.

Yes? Promoting social equality imo is building something real. More real than hover cars and spaceships.

Read: real as impact on the world.