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Silicon Valley Has An Empathy Vacuum Thoughts
I feel like the article is missing something. It felt like all it really was was a complaining bullet point article and then
at the end a quick blurp about going out to states where there are the have's and the have nots. I agree that Silicon Valley
has an empathy vacuum because I see it here in the Denver tech industry. It seems like the have's feel like they are doing
something by posting on soicial networks and talking about how things are unfair for some. But that's all there is. Just posting
and talking. No real action that would make a difference. It's like donating to NPR and thinking your helping society and your
community or protesting in a "blue" street for a few days wearing sweats. Actions need to be freqent and concrete to be truely
effective. By that I mean, getting involved in politics at a local and federal level. Hitting the pavement and getting your hands
more then dirty. Getting them all scuffed and cut. So when you go home at night you feel the work it takes. I don't know how
realistic it would be for anyone to say move to a red state and try to change things but that is what I think it takes. The silicon
valley "types" need to open HQ's in states so more of the mind set spread out. But now I'm just rambling... I'm going back to work.
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