Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum | The New Yorker

Silicon Valley fails to take into account the human consequences of its technological wizardry.

Save this story Save this story Silicon Valley seems to have lost a bit of its verve since the Presidential election. The streets of San Francisco—spiritually part of the Valley—feel less crowded. Coffee-shop conversations are hushed. Everything feels a little muted, an eerie quiet broken by chants of protesters. It even seems as if there are more parking spots. Technology leaders, their employees, and those who make up the entire technology ecosystem seem to have been shaken up and shocked by the election of Donald Trump. One conversation has centered on a rather simplistic narrative of Trump

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