What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about Silicon Valley

@dhh · 695 positions · 10 changes of mind

Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.

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2 dated positions, 2022 to 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 17 May 2024

   Our readingThe AI gold rush is driven by paranoia and desperation

   Their wordsI've never seen so much paranoia in technology about missing out on The Next Big Thing as with AI

   ↗Paranoia and desperation in the AI gold rushworld.hey.com

2. 2 years earlier

3. 15 Feb 2022

   Our readingAlgorithmic optimization can optimize people to be resentful and angry online

   Their wordsThat eventually the algorithmic optimization will optimize us all to be these resentful, angry people online

   ↗This just wouldn't happen on Twitterworld.hey.com 3rd of 3 in this piece