> A popular criticism of Silicon Valley, usually levied by people not building anything at all themselves, is that no one is working on or funding “hard technology”.
Lost all interest in saltman's point when I read this line.
It's a valid criticism, regardless if the people who are making it are "builders" or not.
It was a turn off, because it makes the author seem bitter about (what I think is) a valid criticism.
I don't understand -- you had a bad reaction to a single line in the introductory paragraph and knowingly let this turn you off to the entire post? Is that a valuable type of filter for you?
It's a bad way to respond to an argument, because it subtly undermines everyone who is critical of Silicon Valley. They either don't build things (and they're unqualified to have an opinion) or they do build things (but they're being brushed aside because they're a minority).
Lost all interest in saltman's point when I read this line.
It's a valid criticism, regardless if the people who are making it are "builders" or not.
It was a turn off, because it makes the author seem bitter about (what I think is) a valid criticism.