Ask YC: Different cultures in The Valley?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=66934
by brianfrank • 19 years ago
1 1 19 years ago

Is there a "cultural divide" between hackers and business-types in Silicon Valley -- analogous to C.P. Snow's famous distinction between scientists and literary intellectuals?

If so, how might it effect productivity/creativity?

If not, could Silicon Valley be (or become) the main venue for the "emerging third culture" talked about by John Brockman and the edge.org crowd?

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