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How should we do startups to retain teleological independence and win real power?
If one has ambition, talent, friends, and a good idea, one can build a successful company in Silicon Valley. But why? Money is nice; you ascend the bourgeois class tournament and get finer luxuries, more respect, better mates, better schools, better friend... posted 1y ago with 17 replies received

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Well the question isn't whether you can become a mind-slave, but how much silicon valley VC-driven success actually buys you if you aren't. Or if it doesn't buy you much, whether there's another approach that works better.... 1y ago received

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I don't think anyone expects much from silicon valley. It's just one of the few places where it is demonstrably possible for an ambitious person with some talent to go build something. The whole point of OP is that even that is of questionable utility. We ... 1y ago received

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I think we know what we want well enough. I'm not so worried about conceptual/conventional capture given the philosophical firepower in our immediate sphere and here. I'm worried about feasibility and hidden vectors of legal/political compromise. Your exam... 1y ago received

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This is the purpose of sofie channel, especially if you take "foreign" liberally to refer to certain "domestic" enemies that seek to compromise our ability to think our own thoughts. (Check out this latest madness with the EU proposing to scan all privatel... 1y ago received

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I think I was understating the value of money in the OP. There's a reason everyone wants it. But it's important to remember it's not just power, and there are many things you could do by other means that you can't do with just money.... 1y ago received

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Great thought experiment, but let's widen it to "metapolitical" impact, as "political" in America usually implies narrowly "electoral". Besides yours, I pick 4chan. 4chan and chan culture has been immensely significant. Perhaps not an accident that it's no... 1y ago received

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