Silicon Valley Bubble

Comments critique Silicon Valley's insular culture, unique attitudes, and lack of representativeness of the broader tech industry or world, often calling it a bubble detached from reality.

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Sample Comments

cobalt Jul 14, 2025 View on HN

That is definitely a silicon valley thing.

smrtinsert Sep 28, 2016 View on HN

Within the Silicon Valley bubble. No other place would think like that.

felineflock Sep 21, 2025 View on HN

Silicon Valley apparently does.

linuxlizard Jan 16, 2016 View on HN

Does this article apply at all outside Silicon Valley?

BurningFrog Jun 20, 2019 View on HN

You clearly don't work in Silicon Valley :)

malfist Sep 12, 2025 View on HN

Silicon valley is hardly an oracle of all things to come

danielmarkbruce Aug 29, 2022 View on HN

Probably because more people in silicon valley are technical than other places, and they know it's mostly bullshit.

vskarine Mar 25, 2015 View on HN

Silicon Valley is the new Wall Street

pbreit Feb 22, 2012 View on HN

Thank goodness this sentiment is not widely preached in silicon valley.

justinzollars Feb 27, 2014 View on HN

Thank you for posting this! I find the Silicon Valley a internally focused place and I think we need more reminders from members of our community that we are the exception and not the rule. Not everyone in the world can be a VC or programmer.