What happened to Silicon Valley? Back then, people were innovating, backstabbing and pushing the concept of "Personal Computer" to the limit. Nowadays, it's just startups trying to solve trivial problems using AI.
>>109612438Corporations came along and took advantage of all the smart people, so that instead of innovation and competition, MIT graduates end up designing buttons for Facebook and creating yet another addictive mobile slop game.Think back to the startups of the ’70s and ’90s, which were literally launched out of a garage. I’m not even talking about software, I’m talking about electronics and technology. That’s impossible now because of a mountain of government regulations and pressure from corporations. /thread
It's overThis timeline is cursed
>>109612438they've gotten much dumber. if you see how they all tweet these days its clear they have lost their minds
>>109612438Why make anything in America? You can just pay some thirdies to do it for half a peanut, then ship it over and take a yuuge profit.And then get undercut by said thirdies, which is totally unfair.
Back then, television dominated everyone.
