Tech Supremacy: Silicon Valley Can No Longer Conceal Its Power
Authored by Niall Ferguson via The Spectator, ‘To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,’ George Orwell famously observed. He was talking not about everyday life but about politics, where it is ‘quite easy for the part to be greater than the whole or for two objects to be in…
Greenwald: How Silicon Valley, In A Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler
Authored by Glenn Greenwald via greenwald.substack.com, Critics of Silicon Valley censorship for years heard the same refrain: tech platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter are private corporations and can host or ban whoever they want. If you don’t like what they are doing, the solution is not to complain or to regulate them. Instead, go…
230 Google Workers Form Silicon Valley's First Union To Force Management To Embrace Their Progressive "Values"
Despite reporting a median worker pay of $258,708, one of the highest such numbers in the world, and more than 2x the average median pay reported by many of its biggest Silicon Valley rivals, Alphabet has long been a locus of workplace organizing in Silicon Valley, as Google’s ultra-progressive employees seek to impose their political…
Billionaire Silicon Valley VC Says "F**k You" To The "Rich Kids Who Want To Tear Down Capitalism"
Authored by Alexander Pan via TheBrag.com, Executive board member of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and CEO of Social Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya has said “fuck you” to every rich millennial on a trust fund attacking capitalism and claiming they’re socialists. Appearing on the All-In Podcast alongside Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg, the quartet got to…