Posted on 01/08/2018 10:06:04 AM PST by rktman
NON print version:
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/nancy-pearcey/drug-fueled-sex-laced-parties-silicon-valley
Saw a documentary about the salad days of Atari in the early 80’s.
Drugs, booze and easy women were apparently key recruiting tools to land tech talent.
“Hey, there are girls here. And they’re actually TALKING to us!”
I gotta admit, I am (now past tense) one of those who thought they mostly were as the article described - intelligent workaholics who had no time and little interest in frequent drug laced orgies.
Shouldn’t that be Sex-Fueled, Drug-Laced Parties of Silicon Valley?
Admit it, you know the people who came up with Windows Vista had to be high on SOMETHING.
these mandatory ‘parties’ apply to many, many American male and female employees for sure
the communist Chinese workers usually refuse to participate, they are still kept on the payroll because the corporations import them to pay them less than American workers
How Many Licks Does It Take?..
For a Charms Blow Pop?
All this for a hit of dopamine and endorphins. A GREAT hit, but still just a hit if there’s no love behind it
Shocker: Women are attracted to men with money (or maybe it's money with men).
I may be a prude, but in my 30 years in the software industry in Seattle, I never saw any of this.
Okay, at one company, I knew of two women who were sleeping around. But that’s all, ever. Pretty low incidence, I’d say.
Well, except for the Gay Company. “The Boys” had their weekends on the boat.
I am stunned, we know Hollyweird was a cesspoom but I had not idea about Sillycone Valley. While the rest of us in the real world got all sorts of training and hoped we never got a call from HR because you looked at someone greater than 9 seconds, they were having Roman Orgies and worse. Where was Orkah last night, did she forget about this Vanity Fair Article or is she hoping for their Money when she runs. Hypocrites they all are, Her, HollyWeird and High Tech...
I get a feeling there is a dichotomy in Silicon Valley as with other industries. The executive class that does all of the things discussed and are on the “inside” and the others who are doing most of the day-day work outside of sales and ‘strategy’.
The Atari documentary did show that once hired these guys ended up working so many hours to code to deadline, they had little time for sex.
But the recruiting process was apparently PARTY PARTY PARTY!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/brotopia-silicon-valley-secretive-orgiastic-inner-sanctum
Money is power and the both together are the most powerful aphrodisiac in the world. They are also very corrupting.
Throughout history hedonistic debauchery has followed the acquisition of great wealth. America is more prosperous but less moral.It is no a good omen. No culture has survived long when their citizens openly embrace decadence.
That makes for a much better party.
“And here I was, workin’ hard for the Murican people and missed all the fun!”
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