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He’s kindly agreed to do an AMA. Reply with your questions. :)

What are some issues on which you disagree with the "median elite Indian" perspective the most?

Biggest is probably the continued bet of SV-based tech VCs on SF/CA/USA.

I’ve come to understand though that this is a platform issue. It’s almost like people getting locked in to MySQL or Ruby. They have made a large collective capital investment in a jurisdiction. Changing that requires huge incentives. (cont.)

What are some issues on which you disagree with the "median SV-based tech VC" perspective the most?

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Are average elite Indians viscerally anti-Modi? Many of the ones I met on my trip certainly were, but that was predictable since I was going on a trip organized by a bunch of libertarians.

i suspect the answer is something like "being bullish on india, not being viscerally anti modi"

The median elite Indian doesn’t yet realize the extent to which quality of life has fallen in the West & risen in India. They are *just now* starting to update. That’s why seemingly anodyne threads on Bangalore v SF go so viral on Twitter.

See eg this exchange:

A more interesting answer may be around the role of the Indian diaspora.

The diaspora is the Indian nation, the Indian network, but minus the Indian state.

My thinking on that is different but I think starting to gain uptake, eg:

A more interesting answer may be around the role of the Indian diaspora.

The diaspora is the Indian nation, the Indian network, but minus the Indian state.

My thinking on that is different but I think starting to gain uptake, eg:
https://x.com/kushal_mehra/status/1728743376407920782?s=46

The median elite Indian doesn’t yet realize the extent to which quality of life has fallen in the West & risen in India. They are *just now* starting to update. That’s why seemingly anodyne threads on Bangalore v SF go so viral on Twitter.

See eg this exchange:
https://x.com/balajis/status/1728746075547443448?s=46