[wizzwizz4]

"Impact on tech" doesn't just mean "impact on Silicon Valley". Framasoft has been plenty influential in Europe, and a decent chunk of that has been because they're not just another anglophonic "international" (United States) software house.

[college_physics]

I am with you, but some humility on the face of current tech reality won't hurt, it might just help identify structural obstacles and how to overcome them. E.g., we are exchanging those views on a "Silicon Valley" platform - if there ever was one. There is nothing remotely equivalent to HN in Europe, primarily (I think) because of linguistic frictions.