What People Think You Can’t Say in Silicon Valley
“A lot of the ideas here will not actually get you ostracized from Silicon Valley society.”<p>Oh dude you have just not been paying attention.<p>Can you show me a single example of someone in tech who publicly expresses, at any point, any of the beliefs which are “not allowed?”<p>I’m looking for one.<p>Find me one person on Twitter in tech aside from John McAfee or Peter Theil who would dare. Sam Altman was good enough to step forward, I hope he won’t be the last. The complete and total castigation of the dude by every tech media outlet showed exactly what happens to anyone who isn’t rich enough not to care.<p>While Sam Altman can take a beating, a standard employee like James Damore can’t. Did we forget about him? Apparently we did!<p>Show me a single tech luminary staying that diversity is overrated and has numerous downsides (such as the degradation of communal trust which had swept the valley), that we don’t actually need additional codes of conduct to add protections that are already covered in the US legal code at every Meetup, that all gender bathrooms are lunacy or that most of the Millenials coming into the job market have an incredibly broken and fearful view of the world that is unwarranted by the available evidence.<p>Show me a single tech luminary willing to say that women should realize they have advantages and disadvantages and should take responsibility for guarding themselves st off-site social events to avoid being approached by men.<p>One! Show me one!<p>I can find these opinions on conservative podcasts but I have never seen anyone express them in tech. Ever!<p>I see a non-stop avalanche of one set of these opinions on every social media feed, internal company meeting and industry conference.<p>I have NEVER seen ANYONE notable in tech aside from Peter Thiel, who has been made untouchable st this point.<p>Why is that? It’s because they know it’s not good business and they will get to join Peter Theil in the excommunicated pile.<p>A great example is Scott Adams. Scott used to make hundreds of thousands of dollars per year giving paid speeches.<p>When he began writing about Trump, he was excommunicated and all of his speaking gigs were cancelled.<p>Another great example is the systematic and deliberate demonetization of conservative YouTube videos. People who are very balanced and fair like Dave Rubin have had their videos defunded for having conservative speakers as interview guests.<p>Twitter has been notorious for slowing down or “never getting around to” giving Blue Check Marks to conservative speakers - If I remember correctly, Scott Adams had to reach a simply insane number of followers before being given the check.<p>The hatred of conservatives and direct, persecutory and economic attacks on them is real, ongoing and getting worse.<p>Seriously - if you believe most of these opinions won’t harm your career if expressed publicly, you have really not been paying attention.<p>If you don’t believe me - Try it. Go on Twitter right now and say: “all gender bathrooms are stupid.”<p>Watch what happens.