[systemvoltage]

This is apparently not cool these days. I think we’ve lost our spirit of what made SV great. Now it’s just identity politics, pessimism and general stagnancy as Peter Thiel puts it. I honestly kind of want to go back to 2005 - what a time to be alive.

[amelius]

> I think we’ve lost our spirit of what made SV great.

Innovation is what made SV great. Now it is just evolutionary updates at a very slow pace.

[naravara]

Don't forget "tech companies" that are basically just thinly veiled excuses to engage in regulatory arbitrage and skirt employment laws.