Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-soaked’ startup culture https://t.co/7rFN4yzCyg ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@oren_cass @ssankar @nvidia Nvidia is China's useful idiot.Palantir is Israel's useful idiot.India has a lot of useful idiots.Welcome to Silicon Valley, where not many actual American companies remain. ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@AgiAthens @lnkldt @War4theWest It's a hypothetical. The more practical analogous scenarios come with India, China, and Israel, all well represented with ultraloyalist recent immigrants or dual citizens in Silicon Valley. ...

Imagine someone solving the Riemann hypothesis on the bridge of a sinking Titanic.They're genuinely making progress — historical progress, even! — but they aren't solving their most important problem.This is how I think about doing high tech in highly unstable jurisdictions.@jason (@Jason):You should have two escape hatches if you’re super successful in Silicon Valley:1. Sovereign state outside of California2. Functional/safe country outside of USAThey Great Confiscation is coming ...

Social Commentary - The statement suggests that owning a home, even a modest one, is preferable to living in an RV, a situation faced by some Silicon Valley employees [1]

Industry Trend - Silicon Valley startups are raising billions of dollars before generating any revenue [1] - Traditional spreadsheet metrics are being replaced by subjective valuations [1]

Social Commentary - The statement suggests that owning a home, even a modest one, is preferable to living in an RV, a situation faced by some Silicon Valley employees [1]

Industry Trend - Silicon Valley is shifting away from traditional spreadsheet metrics towards valuation based on "vibes" [1] - Startups are raising billions of dollars before generating any revenue [1]

Industry Trend - Hollywood is seeking Silicon Valley partnerships to accelerate TV and movie production and decrease expenses [1] Cost Reduction - The venture aims to reduce the time and money required for Hollywood productions [1]

Geopolitical Commentary - Nvidia is considered China's useful idiot [1] - Palantir is considered Israel's useful idiot [1] - India is perceived to have many useful idiots [1] Silicon Valley Analysis - Few actual American companies remain in Silicon Valley [1]