> Yes, but the fun part is that out of 100 of these people, one will end up a billionaire, and another will end up setting the cultural agenda for the next decade
The billionaire bit I get. Plenty of billionaires have come out of the Bay Area and will continue to come out of there. But what does he mean by “setting the cultural agenda”? Who from the Bay Area can claim to have done this, and if nobody yet, why does the author think it will start happening?
Only kinda kidding.
Jerry Garcia
Dave Chappell (he says he built his comedic style here)
Ansel Adams
Francis Coppola
Robert Frost
Santana
Jack London
Tupac
Tom Hanks
Clint Eastwood
This is the list I found quickly googling: https://www.quora.com/Who-are-some-of-the-most-famous-celebr...
Maybe "pop culture agenda?" Or "Hollywood agenda"?
Sometimes when you're really close to something you overestimate how important it is.
Trust me, I'm not overestimating the importance of Jerry Garcia of Robert Frost. I've read only a handful of Frosts works, and am only a casual dead fan. I'm not close to them any more than any other casual consumer of their work. There are whole documentaries on this stuff, I'm just a guy.