The Brutal Ageism of Tech (Noam Scheiber) from the New Republic
And high-tech is going to be what saves so many regional economies ...
"Years of experience, plenty of talent, completely obsolete . ... Silicon Valley has become one of the most ageist places in America. Tech luminaries who otherwise pride themselves on their dedication to meritocracy don’t think twice about deriding the not-actually-old. “Young people are just smarter,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told an audience at Stanford back in 2007."
And high-tech is going to be what saves so many regional economies ...
"Years of experience, plenty of talent, completely obsolete . ... Silicon Valley has become one of the most ageist places in America. Tech luminaries who otherwise pride themselves on their dedication to meritocracy don’t think twice about deriding the not-actually-old. “Young people are just smarter,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told an audience at Stanford back in 2007."
No comments:
Post a Comment