agree. Plenty of places to talk about this. There is no tech or startup angle for this.
I flagged this. There are a million places on the internet talking about it: Twitter, news outlets, Instagram… even my loony relatives have all weighed in on Facebook.
No need to add this forum to that list of places talking politics - it’s against the guidelines for HN anyway.
I think evidence of a potential war escalation falls under the "unless". Are we really going to be starting WW3 and have people like you keep covering your ears because you need a cozy space?
The devaluation of the US Dollar that is likely outcome of this will disrupt our supply chains leading to chaos. I expect 80% or worse.
Also, this will drive interest rates through the roof, drying up funding.
Even if you're not interested in politics, it's interested in you.
> If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
Fantastic work.
The early days of Silicon Valley were literally the product of defense contracts and defense research spending. The whole consumer and business products thing (hardware or software) came much later. Even the early days business computing, the days of mainframes and minis, were largely driven by east coast companies.