[cyclecount]

Probably sometime around the early 1800s

Malcolm Harris wrote a book “Palo Alto” about how this culture took root in SV long before it was called Silicon Valley: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/10/palo-alto-book...

[digitaltrees]

I don’t agree with this at all when you look at how much founder reinvestment in other younger founders has driven the ecosystem over generations.

[malcolmgreaves]

Are a few hand-picked winners from VCs hand-picking the next generation's winners _actually_ creating any sort of social prosperity?