Why Would Anyone Expect Silicon Valley to Give a Damn?

I have had several people send me this George Packer article in the New Yorker article on the political and social attitudes of the Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires. While the piece makes for entertaining reading, it is difficult to see it as any great expose.

The piece basically shows the Silicon Valley fast lane is filled with self-absorbed twits who don't have a clue about what the rest of the country looks like. So?

Seriously, who did we think was making big bucks in high te...