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by selmnoo 4467 days ago
> Its a positive good for humanity to get the most out of talented people. That can happen in America.

I seriously, honestly doubt this.

Consider the main force behind FWD.us: Mark Zuckerberg.

You're telling me the most positive good for humanity to get out of talented people is at Facebook, where the most valuable people to the company are those who optimize advertisement algorithms that exploit cognitive biases of a population already being challenged in all sorts of horrendous ways?

I really don't think your perspective is getting things right. If the engineers want to make great apps for Android or iOS, they can make it sitting in India or China or Brazil or wherever.
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JoeAltmaier 4467 days ago
Who says Facebook will be where they end up? Will the legislature make a 'facebook' law? That's disingenuous.

Silicon Valley is definitely a place where talented people can find their own, and thrive.

Americans move there, to take part in the opportunities only available by meeting and visiting personally. Its a second-rate experience to try to do it from afar (this from a guy that is 2000 miles from SF), especially if you've never been there and have no contacts.

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