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Re:Why Silicon Valley Works by michaelvkpdx on Monday November 03, 2014 @05:35PM (#8554002)
market cap != quality of life.

The Valley works well at convincing people that fake money is equal to the quality of real life. Market caps have nothing to do with happiness, health, and interpersonal relationships.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Works by parasubvert on Monday November 03, 2014 @11:38PM (#8555167)
Market caps aren't fake money, a significant (majority?) portion is actually real money that has been exchanged in their name. It represents wealth.

My experience with family life is that happiness, health, and interpersonal relationships are generally much harder to sustain without some wealth. Not impossible, but harder.

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