How I Killed A Startup In 4 Hours
May 1, 2014 7:31 AM   Subscribe

(And Why I Don’t Regret It) "For all their talk of 'changing the world' and focus on crafting cute interfaces, I can’t think of a single technology company in history that has made much of a lasting cultural contribution."
posted by colie (9 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like a kind of thin and fight-starty op-ed; if you think the content vs tech issue is worth discussing maybe find an article that's a more nuanced jumping-off point? -- LobsterMitten



 
While I'm all for puncturing the sheltered self-important egos of Silicon Valley, the sentence " I can’t think of a single technology company in history that has made much of a lasting cultural contribution," is just insane.
posted by entropicamericana at 7:35 AM on May 1, 2014 [10 favorites]


Point taken perhaps with respect to software, but surely...RCA? General Electric?
posted by jquinby at 7:36 AM on May 1, 2014


Ford?
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 7:36 AM on May 1, 2014


Bell Labs?
posted by Mitheral at 7:38 AM on May 1, 2014 [2 favorites]




By his logic, Stradavarius hasn't made a lasting cultural contribution.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:39 AM on May 1, 2014 [1 favorite]


You guys, you guys, he means true technology companies. And probably Scottish ones.
posted by Etrigan at 7:40 AM on May 1, 2014 [7 favorites]


I can’t think of a single technology company in history that has made much of a lasting cultural contribution.

That was a small-minded-and-narrow-visioned enough line that I didn't even a mouseover to know I was looking at a TechCrunch quote.

Let me guess, he found one soft target for a rant, and made a generalization about everything in the world? Is there some incisive observation in there he made to show he was smarter than somebody else? Is is smugness, after a hint of false modesty, justified?

Of course there is, of course it is. How could it be any other way? Way to stay in character, random tech journalist.
posted by mhoye at 7:40 AM on May 1, 2014


I really don't like the way that this article frames all startups just because of one startup.
posted by oceanjesse at 7:41 AM on May 1, 2014


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