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Greg Ferenstein in The Ferenstein WireFeb 235 min read

Ending Income Inequality In San Francisco, A Democratic Approach

A crowdsourced ballot measure to leverage the resources of the tech community to solve the city’s problems.

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Walden BromleyNov 12, 20153 min read

What the Democratic party will look like when Silicon Valley takes over (in 9 charts)

Greg Ferenstein

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Greg Ferenstein,

This is my third and final comment to my previous responses, which readers can review here and here, concerning the political climate within Silicon Valley.

I write these words not as a partisan blind to the strengths or weaknesses of the Democratic Party versus the Republican Party…

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Greg Ferenstein in The Ferenstein WireNov 11, 201515 min read

What the Democratic party will look like when Silicon Valley takes over (in 9 charts)

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Greg Ferenstein in The Ferenstein WireNov 24, 201520 min read

The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images

2-Minute Summary

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Jeffrey CarterNov 7, 2015

This is wrong. Cities have more income inequality. There is more equality in suburbs.

Jeffrey Carter

I would also add that income inequality is not a good statistic to determine economic health. Instead, focus on economic opportunity and economic mobility.

Dave CongressNov 8, 20151 min read

Silicon Valley’s Political Endgame, Summarized

Greg Ferenstein

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The most ironic thing about this is that Silicon Valley proper (San Jose and the 408 area code) has been destroyed by cultural changes linked with immigration. It turns out that people from India and Mexico are not Libertarians, and do not support any of the Start-Up Elite’s “religion”.

Greg FerensteinFeb 234 min read

Ending Inequality: Submit Your Thoughts On An Upcoming San Francisco Ballot Initiative

It’s possible for San Francisco to end income inequality; it is a relatively small city of unprecedented wealth and innovation. As part of a plan to galvanize the city’s resources…

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Ferdi Zebua in Ferdi’s ResponsesNov 6, 2015

What Silicon Valley Really Thinks About Politics, An Attempted Measurement

Greg Ferenstein

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I personally recommend this article as a very thorough examination of Silicon Valley political sentiments, preferences & attitudes.

Although I am not saying that I totally share in all the views and ideologies described in this text. No, not totally…

Jeffrey ColemanNov 9, 2015

Silicon Valley’s Political Endgame, Summarized

Greg Ferenstein

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Read your recent post on LinkedIn, was intrigued and came here. Feels like you’re painting a picture of how “Silicon Valley” thinks on a political spectrum and pointing out how it might re-align the current two-party system. Would love to see more !

Paul BrownNov 26, 2015

The phrase “rule of thumb” comes from an important privacy law permitting men to beat their wives with a switch no bigger than their thumb.

The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images

Greg Ferenstein

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The rule of thumb means an approximation, In many other European languages thumb gets translated as inch., The term comes from carpenters measuring distances in thumbs/inches as an approximation. Nothing to do with domestic violence — there is no such law. I don’t mean to nit-pick, great article.

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