I agree, Dang, - however - A suggestion for something for YC/HN to do:
Find a way to have a serious objective talk with the greater community on the extraordinarily global reaching issues of the impact of Silicon Valley on society, community, culture as a whole.
Look at what we have to just emerge in the last 1.5 decades alone from "unicorns" in silicon valley:
* US policy seemingly being set/disrupted via twitter
* Mental health studies coming out on the negative impact of Facebook
* Election manipulation through ad-powered platforms such as Google and FB
* Massive cultural dialogue and political revolutions being fueled through twitter
* Assassinations being corroborated through Apple an watch
* Global spying and surveillance conducted through all our connected technology
Just to name a few of the globally impactful issues of our day which directly stem from the efforts of Silicon Valley in specific and the tech industry in general.
As the preeminent VC company in the minds of any young entrepreneur who wants to build the Next Big Thing, I would pose that YC actually has a social responsibility to, at a minimum, foster a conversation on these issues in a meaningful, serious and deep manner.
What are the consequences of MASSIVE success of a company?
Find a way to have a serious objective talk with the greater community on the extraordinarily global reaching issues of the impact of Silicon Valley on society, community, culture as a whole.
Look at what we have to just emerge in the last 1.5 decades alone from "unicorns" in silicon valley:
* US policy seemingly being set/disrupted via twitter
* Mental health studies coming out on the negative impact of Facebook
* Election manipulation through ad-powered platforms such as Google and FB
* Massive cultural dialogue and political revolutions being fueled through twitter
* Assassinations being corroborated through Apple an watch
* Global spying and surveillance conducted through all our connected technology
Just to name a few of the globally impactful issues of our day which directly stem from the efforts of Silicon Valley in specific and the tech industry in general.
As the preeminent VC company in the minds of any young entrepreneur who wants to build the Next Big Thing, I would pose that YC actually has a social responsibility to, at a minimum, foster a conversation on these issues in a meaningful, serious and deep manner.
What are the consequences of MASSIVE success of a company?