Solid piece with intellectual heft that threads the needle between knee-jerk techlash criticism and craven tech cheerleading. I wish more people would write in this vein.

Solid piece with intellectual heft that threads the needle between knee-jerk techlash criticism and craven tech cheerleading. I wish more people would write in this vein. https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/08/no-exit-opportunities-business-models-and-political-thought-in-silicon-valley/

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atleast the previous industrial baron class built company towns.

i'm waiting for tech elite to ship their first proper sized city.

...until then its a loose constellation of gas filled objects floating in a primordial soup of private capital

Fighting tailpipes, gas leaks, and potholes

...or at best they are unregulated utilities.