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miiiiiikelast Thursday at 2:20 AM0 repliesview on HN

You’re misreading my comment.

Other than the Star Trek bit, I’m not really responding to the post at all. I’m talking about the trend of people who have made ones, tens, or hundreds of millions moaning about the “tech industry” (whatever that is) now that they’re getting out.

My point, you can make whatever impact you want with tech and don’t have to think much about “THE INDUSTRY”. Talk to high school aged kids today and a lot of them look at going into tech as if they’d be lobbyists for big tobacco.

"I left left the "TECH INDUSTRY" to jar pickles in my Vermont farmhouse. It changed everything." or "I created surveillance capitalism and now I'm telling you to make your iPhone grayscale." make for great headlines, NPR segments, and TED Talks, but, who benefits from it?