Comments on: The networking Valley Boy (Silicon, that is): how Obama raised his money

By: Sdferr

Sdferr — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:45:32 +0000

Ugh. “…the world he speaks for…”, “…seemed to excite something deep within the limbic system of the Valley brain…”. This loose sort of speech gives me the creeps. Limbic System. The Valley Brain. What’s next, the Ether? Phlogiston?

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:27:11 +0000

As someone who worked at three dotcoms back in the time when twenty-something CEOs stomped the earth, I don’t look forward to a dotcom president, which is what I think Obama would be.

If there were “political technology” constantly recreating itself, maybe his lack of experience would be of less concern, but there isn’t and all that Obama is offering us is the old negotiation paradigm and the example of JFK meeting with Khruschev in 1961.

Obama, being historically illiterate as well as inexperienced, doesn’t realize that summit went badly for Kennedy and the US. As JFK ruefully said later to a reporter, “[Khruschev] beat the hell out of me.”

By: expat

expat — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:13:10 +0000

Yet another example of the self esteem generation. They are big on the “Yes we can” and pretty skimpy on the what, the why, the how, and the results.

By: waltj

waltj — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:08:55 +0000

Yep, dot.bomb all over again. Sales, deliverables, revenues? Surely, you jest. This is the New Economy, where the old rules don’t apply. And oh yeah, we’re also leveraged to the hilt. But who cares? And what’s a “business cycle”, anyway?

We all saw how well that worked out. Scary.

By: Just Ablip

Just Ablip — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:22:03 +0000

After reading the article in full - I’ve decided to donate to
McCain’s war chest- he may not be the strongest candidate,
but he’s all we’ve got

By: OBloodyHell

OBloodyHell — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:41:56 +0000

> This is the New Economy, where the old rules don’t apply.

I think it’s a mistake to entirely diss the idea of The New Economy. I certainly think they had a lot wrong, but there is and will be A New Economy (it is in place, and there “will be” a better understanding of it at some point). And the differences are not trivial. There are some vastly critical differences between an IP and Services Economy and an Industrial Economy. IP and services are a vastly different commodity for dealing with than manufactured goods.

What you saw was the First Draft. Eventually, they’ll produce a better one.