I remember once, years ago, a member of a 70&#x27;s band (Jethro Tull?) being asked if he watched MTV.  When he replied, &quot;Yes,&quot; the commentator remarked that he was surprised that this person liked that music.  The band member&#x27;s eyes widened in horror and said, &quot;I watch the news.  That doesn&#x27;t mean I like what I see.&quot;<p>I guess I love the book for the same reason that I hate HN, despite that I check it daily.  Silicon Valley has had tremendous success financially, if not technically, and that has spawned with it a strange micro-culture that is easy to skewer when you take just a few steps away from it.