The people are in pain, they need jobs, they need purpose and direction. They need protection from the insane belief that globalization is good for everyone.
Three quotes from MLK that I just came across I think speak to these matters more eloquently than I ever could.
This, according to Paul Graham, is the single most important principle in Silicon Valley. It means that whatever metric you track, it will tend to improve.
It’s also exactly what is wrong with Silicon Valley.