[cblconfederate]

I often wonder about the other side: Why do people who work in SV seem so militant on political issues? After all they live in a very privileged space (or "bubble") which is severely disconnected from the reality of most of the Earth, and even nearby american cities. I don't know enough about the demographics of the region and what can drive this behaviour but it is full of contradictions. For example, while they all seem invested in political causes, and seem to be using donations as a way to show virtual support to causes, I notice that they rarely venture into actual politics themselves.

[hackerfromthefu]

A combination of factors .. here's some ideas

A cognitive limitation that it's hard to see the bubble we are in.

Being smart at the things in our bubble makes us over-confident about things we really don't have deep nuanced experience about.

We don't know what we don't know, but we think we do .. until we gain enough experience to appreciate life's complexity and our own limitations.

[hnrodey]

>After all they live in a very privileged space (or "bubble")

It's my personal view that so much of the current political vitriol is because as a society, we've run out of things to worry about. We've reached critical mass of people solving Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and therefore, we are dwelving in to other arenas where we are feeling neglected.

[cblconfederate]

I have a much more benigh benign theory: The end of mass entertainment. When we no longer listen to the same music/watch the same movies/ same tv, it's hard for people to come up common themes in discussions. Politics doesnt fit in that because usually countries have one government, and everyone has an opinion on politics, it's too easy

[trashcan]

Is this train of thought not trending towards: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/unab...

> 22. If our society had no social problems at all, the leftists would have to INVENT problems in order to provide themselves with an excuse for making a fuss.

[stevehawk]

because they are over educated and wealthy and it lends itself to the thought of "if i'm this smart and this successful how could i be wrong and why don't you want this life?"