A look at the growing tensions between tech investors, company managers, and activist employees, as companies try to limit workplace discussion on social issues
great piece by @nitashatiku that will give you an idea of the snowflakes of Silicon Valley: Coinbase's response to BLM reveals Silicon Valley's reactionary streak - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @jason : this @washingtonpost piece misses the point of @brian_armstrong's choice to make @coinbase a less political workplace what's really happening is that SLACK rooms during the Trump presidency have become HR nightmares & a distraction (like twitter!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @cathyreisenwitz : Always interesting to see rich white tech founders and VCs freaking out about a journalist *checks notes* quoting their public tweets. @r0wdy_ : Libertarianism is a precursor to authoritarianism because I've never met a libertarian who didn't think they'd be in charge in their new utopia https://twitter.com/... @iwriterealgood : Silicon Valley is not famously liberal. Silicon Valley is run by incels with money. https://twitter.com/... Robert Stephens / @rstephens : “When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. ” quote of the article by Mimi Fox Melton https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tom Simonite / @tsimonite : Will no one reply to @nitashatiku's emails? Five “did not respond to a request for comment"s in here https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Frisco Uplink / @_danilo : Reminder: None of this is new. Remember that Marc and Jason were happy to be friends with disgraced reactionary M*lo Y*annopolis. Silicon Valley power has always, always been right leaning and morally bankrupt. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... @morlockp : hilarious hit piece in the garbage @washingtonpost first 100 words or so links every single boogieman in existence: libertarians, Proud Boys, Moldbug, Trump all to slander Coinbase for pushing back against communist entryists https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... William Fitzgerald / @william_fitz : this story suggests that the silicon valley VCs (thiel, luckey, paul graham, joe lonsdale, etc) are libertarians, this is a misrepresentation. the VC crew has shown themselves willing to bend to authoritarianism because it's been in their self interest. https://twitter.com/... Matthieu Guyonnet-Duluc / @tewmgd : «such lofty memos are more for its author to feel good about themselves than they are about charting a new course for the company » by @ReadMargins https://themargins.substack.com/ ... Aidan Fitzpatrick / @afit : “I still don't get how most crypto applications aren't merely worse implementations of append-only databases or content-addressable storage” https://themargins.substack.com/ ... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : This article is a great example of picking a narrative then taking liberty with the facts to sell that narrative. The reality is that all the people picking on “don't talk politics” would crap a brick if tech employees showed up in MAGA hats & Q t-shirts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : wow, I would have quickly resigned before having the chance to take the severance package. “The next day he offered employees who disagreed with this direction a severance package.” Worth noting two Facebook board members in here (Andreessen -and- Thiel). https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : In Silicon Valley “Don't talk politics” is the diplomatic way to say “Don't be liberal” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Sam Bowne / @sambowne : Coinbase's response to Black Lives Matters reveals Silicon Valley's reactionary streak https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @hypervisible : Worth a read. Really wild how so many “marketplace of ideas” bros had no comment for the story. 🙃https://www.washingtonpost.com / ... Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : In the supposedly left-learning tech industry, “Don't talk politics” is the new way to just say, “Don't be liberal.” @nitashatiku speaks some truth about the reactionary politics of Silicon Valley: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Mike Solana / @micsolana : surreal to read a tech piece from a once-highly respected institution referencing five or ten prominent figures in silicon valley, none of whom are willing to respond for comment. most writers covering the industry are seen as activists now, not journalists. trust is shattered. Jon Stokes / @jonst0kes : A few days ago, @arrington called it that there was a big hit piece in the works based on the Coinbase memo. The piece is now live, & it's remarkable for both what it contains & what it doesn't. https://twitter.com/... Michael Arrington / @arrington : Here comes a hit piece. https://twitter.com/...
the idea that Silicon Valley is liberal is one of the best lies the far right ever told. make no mistake: many workers (vs bosses/owners) in SV *vote* & even think they are liberal. but they *work for* the far right in 100 different ways. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Coinbase's response to Black Lives Matters exposes a strain of reactionary thought that has long animated Silicon Valley's upper echelons https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Libertarianism is a precursor to authoritarianism because I've never met a libertarian who didn't think they'd be in charge in their new utopia https://twitter.com/...
Could it be that it's just too charged to talk about at work? There are so many ways to be wrong (and to incite a lot of turmoil) politically these days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
«such lofty memos are more for its author to feel good about themselves than they are about charting a new course for the company » by @ReadMargins https://themargins.substack.com/ ...
wow, I would have quickly resigned before having the chance to take the severance package. “The next day he offered employees who disagreed with this direction a severance package.” Worth noting two Facebook board members in here (Andreessen -and- Thiel). https://twitter.com/...
“I still don't get how most crypto applications aren't merely worse implementations of append-only databases or content-addressable storage” https://themargins.substack.com/ ...
Poor little rich boys — great piece by @nitashatiku that will give you an idea of the snowflakes of Silicon Valley: Coinbase's response to BLM reveals Silicon Valley's reactionary streak - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
this @washingtonpost piece misses the point of @brian_armstrong's choice to make @coinbase a less political workplace what's really happening is that SLACK rooms during the Trump presidency have become HR nightmares & a distraction (like twitter!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ …
This article is a great example of picking a narrative then taking liberty with the facts to sell that narrative. The reality is that all the people picking on “don't talk politics” would crap a brick if tech employees showed up in MAGA hats & Q t-shirts. https://www.washingtonpo…
Reminder: None of this is new. Remember that Marc and Jason were happy to be friends with disgraced reactionary M*lo Y*annopolis. Silicon Valley power has always, always been right leaning and morally bankrupt. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
hilarious hit piece in the garbage @washingtonpost first 100 words or so links every single boogieman in existence: libertarians, Proud Boys, Moldbug, Trump all to slander Coinbase for pushing back against communist entryists https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
this story suggests that the silicon valley VCs (thiel, luckey, paul graham, joe lonsdale, etc) are libertarians, this is a misrepresentation. the VC crew has shown themselves willing to bend to authoritarianism because it's been in their self interest. https://twitter.com/...
In the supposedly left-learning tech industry, “Don't talk politics” is the new way to just say, “Don't be liberal.” @nitashatiku speaks some truth about the reactionary politics of Silicon Valley: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
surreal to read a tech piece from a once-highly respected institution referencing five or ten prominent figures in silicon valley, none of whom are willing to respond for comment. most writers covering the industry are seen as activists now, not journalists. trust is shattered.
A few days ago, @arrington called it that there was a big hit piece in the works based on the Coinbase memo. The piece is now live, & it's remarkable for both what it contains & what it doesn't. https://twitter.com/...