I even wrote a story about the “lies” of Silicon Valley, which holds up rather well a quarter century later. “No wonder, then, that self-congratulation and self-deception are now a part of the Valley’s ethos, right up there with fearless risk-taking, maniacal effort and programming genius,” I wrote, listing lines like: “It’s not about the money.” (It was!) “It’s not about the fame.” (It also was!) “There’s no dress code/no special parking spaces/no fancy offices here, because we’re not hung up on status symbols.” (They were, just different ones.) “No one is really in charge here.” (Ahahahaha.)
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