Silicon Valley, I’m here to stay
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The misconception of inertia, and the attribution of every single issue in the pandemic tech industry to the microcosm of Silicon Valley, is dangerous.
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The kids are alright?
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We need not wait for the day that our posterity, all at once, capsizes into a “Black Mirror” episode. We’re already living in one, and it’s on autoplay.
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Alexa, play Divya’s hot take
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Frequently delivering abbreviated content that is optimized for streaming platforms with creative social media rollout is the new holy grail.
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Not so uplyfting
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Cities were built to be scalable systems. They weren’t modeled for thousands of underpaid drivers to “pick up Divya and drop off Varsha next” all day.
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We need a (tech) diet
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There’s an app for just about everything you possibly need, and dopamine-driven feedback loops are winning the battle for our time.
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Privacy wasn’t made for individuals living in poverty
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Ensuring a device per person pales in comparison to the challenge of ensuring every person’s data privacy, and their ability to seek redress, is protected.
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Seeing is not believing
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Policies on political ads shouldn’t be a Twitter vs. Facebook, “ban all ads” vs. “protect all free speech,” black or white dichotomy.
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I am not diversity
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Over the years, I’ve recognized that my appearance is perhaps the only outlier in this tech community that overwhelmingly represents individuals like me.
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The CSR Giving Tree
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How often do we, by virtue of our job, quantify and incorporate the externalities as drivers of the product development cycle?
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of productivity
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In response to the high-pressure nature of the startup ecosystem, individuals are treating their own bodies like computers.
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