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I think I can understand a kernel of what is being suggested here and I think its based on the idea of proportion. Silicon Valley represents the largest aggregations of human and financial capital ever seen, but for all of that investment and energy how much do we have to show aside from a video chat app and e-commerce? I'm not arguing for or against but just trying to understand some part of the sentiment in the context of a crisis.

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Iphones are by far the most impactful invention of the past 2 decades, to the point where many other globally impactful things like Uber are built entirely on top of them and their clones. I don't think there's any informed way to understand the perspective; it just can't come from anything but blindness about what Silicon Valley has accomplished.

If it weren't for video chat and e-commerce, we couldn't have even contemplated shutting down so many businesses and pushing people to work from home. None of this would have happened.

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