Reddit is what would have happened to Twitter had it not been bought by Elon the Likud agent. Elon didn't "fix" it by turning it into X but he at least extended its lifespan by not allowing it to turn into a degenerate commie morass like Reddit. What I think this shows is that any industry based in Silicon Valley is fundamentally unsound -- every company there has gone to shit. And X is still there, but critically, Elon himself moved out of CA to get away from that malign influence and he isn't subject to the same level of control. Thiel also realized you can't stay in SV and still have viable companies, and moved to LA.

Gab is in Pennsylvania, Rumble is in Florida, Odysee is in New Hampshire, NOSTR was invented by a Brazilian, etc. Clearly the innovation has moved away from Silicon Valley. This happened before BTW -- Route 128 in Boston was Big Tech before Silicon Valley. But there's not one main hub anymore for innovation.

More on urbanists later.

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yeah that's one thing i don't like about Boston - it's a "has been"

their companies like IBM have been on the decline for decades

and their main attractions - Harvard and MIT - while still top tier are part of the education system which itself is on the decline ...

i believe Harvard will remain relevant because it's mainly a place for the kids of rich people to meet each other - and there is no reason for that to change ...

but MIT is in trouble because people go there to learn tech which is something you can learn online ...