[TheOtherHobbes]

>Outside of music, the main legacy of the hippie movement is that everyone wears jeans.

Well - that and the environmental movement, including sustainable utilities. And some parts of feminism. And recycling. And organic food. And possibly Apple and even Google, if you don't think about it too hard.

>The legacy of punk is industrial interior design

I'm having a hard time getting from spitting in the mosh pit to Herman Miller cubicle dividers. Open plan offices have been around since at least Victorian times. The exposed piping aesthetic is more the fault of Richard Rogers and Norman Foster than Johnny Rotten.

>The more interesting question is "why did it stop"?

It didn't. What do you think HN and the current startup frenzy are?

Are VCs geeks, fans, MOPS or sociopaths?

[slapresta]

> Are VCs geeks, fans, MOPS or sociopaths?

You really need to ask?

[current_call]

Are VCs geeks, fans, MOPS or sociopaths?

Sociopaths.