Re:Silicon Valley Is Stuck In An Uncanny Valley Of Density
by rguzman on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @04:58PM
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> Is the coffee you produce somehow more valuable to society than a new facebook feature?
This is a slippery slope. Value is abstract. Some people may value the coffee more than facebook having 99.99% uptime. Furthermore, some people may value the diversity that having the barista neighboor. Etcetera.
To me rent control seems to be a symptom of much deeper urban planning issues.
The time of those people is far less valuable than the time of the engineers. If someone needs to waste an hour commuting, it's much better for it to be the barista than the engineer.
It's certainly good for you that you get to occupy this apartment and prevent facebookers from moving in, but how does anyone else benefit? Is the coffee you produce somehow more valuable to society than a new facebook feature?