Silicon Valley Can’t Ignore The Haters
Bill Wasik | Wired Opinion | Mar 2014
▻http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/02/silicon-valley-backlash
If inventing new modes of communication or collaboration was seen as a mercenary act — as no nobler than drilling a well or devising a mortgage-backed security — then such platforms would never thrive, because their value tends to arise from a long, slow, unprofitable process of experimentation.
If anything, the public love affair with Silicon Valley is more crucial today than ever.
Bien comprendre ce retournement : la #valeur des #plateformes des #tech_companies de la « profit-driven » #Silicon_Valley émerge de lents processus d’expérimentation au départ « unprofitable ».