boring prediction: the bay area will remain the center of gravity of tech for the next decade. this will be true in spite of an ongoing heroic effort by state and local politicians to kill it.

Oct 12, 2022 · 8:56 PM UTC

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the AI boom is enough on its own for this to be true, but it seems true for many other categories too. the most impressive technical people seem to be moving here again, and the quality of conversations remains higher than anywhere else i've found.
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another prediction: the next few $1T companies that get started will be "in-person first".
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Dream potential production:
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Yes, but NY is going to gain ground
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Nah
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I suspect that tech will spread out into a great many states the political climate matching to some degree what tech is being developed for Arizona has some now, Colorado Springs did and may soon again and of course Florida and Texas and Massachusetts as well
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Probably true
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Sorry but there has never been a economic boom in a state that is losing population. California's best days are behind it. I should have left last year but ill be out soon too.
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the grift is strong there.
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We need to build a decentralized innovation hub across: Bay Area, Brazil, UK, SG and Australia. To uprise the next gen of startups to change the world.