VCs Jonnie Goodwin and Tommy Stadlen argue that purpose is everything in the tech scene of the 2020s
VCs Jonnie Goodwin and Tommy Stadlen argue that purpose is everything in the tech scene of the 2020s
Tech is a four letter word. And at some point in the last five years it became just as filthy as the worst of them. Cambridge Analytica, dubious quizzes, and your uncle on a racist rant; Mark Zuckerberg’s best impression of a dead-eyed shark before Congress; the squalid, shouty echo-chambers of Twitter; the bilious seepage from Twitter to Parler; the unhinged over-promise of the WeWork dumpster-fire (with added tequila shots); the po-faced, polo-necked mega-lies of Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos; the bro-in-chief antics of Uber’s Travis Kachalnik; the ride-share war against almost every city mayor on the planet. There was death in the Valley and blood on the spreadsheets. Google’s Don’t Be Evil mantra had never looked more ironic. These companies, these entities, these philosopher-priests who had once professed to change the world for better — now they seemed only to be making it worse. Big tech made bankers look cuddly. And the money rolled in.
Tech is a four letter word. And at some point in the last five years it became just as filthy as the worst of them. Cambridge Analytica, dubious quizzes, and your uncle on a racist rant; Mark Zuckerberg’s best impression of a dead-eyed shark before Congress; the squalid, shouty echo-chambers of Twitter; the bilious seepage from Twitter to Parler; the unhinged over-promise of the WeWork dumpster-fire (with added tequila shots); the po-faced, polo-necked mega-lies of Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos; the bro-in-chief antics of Uber’s Travis Kachalnik; the ride-share war against almost every city mayor on the planet. There was death in the Valley and blood on the spreadsheets. Google’s Don’t Be Evil mantra had never looked more ironic. These companies, these entities, these philosopher-priests who had once professed to change the world for better — now they seemed only to be making it worse. Big tech made bankers look cuddly. And the money rolled in.
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