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		cyclecount 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros 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 46 days ago [–]

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 46 days ago | [–]

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

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