{"id":2883,"date":"2018-06-28T15:41:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/tim-ferriss-explains-why-he-left-silicon-valley\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T15:41:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:41:56","slug":"tim-ferriss-explains-why-he-left-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/tim-ferriss-explains-why-he-left-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Ferriss Explains Why He Left Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MZ3gRdkX0nY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>m Ferriss, the author of &#8220;The 4-Hour Workweek&#8221; and &#8220;Tribe of Mentors,&#8221; left Silicon Valley after living there for 17 years. Not only did he want the sunshine of Austin, Texas, but Silicon Valley had become for him an echo chamber that wasn&#8217;t really about open-mindedness anymore. Following is a full transcript\u00a0of the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tim Ferris:\u00a0My name is Tim Ferriss, angel investor and author of books including &#8220;The 4-Hour Workweek&#8221; and the latest, &#8220;Tribe of Mentors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I lived there, past tense, for 17 years. Despite the incredible friends I have and the brilliant, brilliant people that I\u2019ve had the good fortune of encountering in Silicon Valley, there has come to be a level of intellectual smugness that I found with every passing month that I spent there a little less tolerable. \u00a0Closed-mindedness masquerading as open-mindedness. And if you were to go there and ask people if folks there are open-minded \u2014 and of course there are truly open-minded people there \u2014 but the party line is: Yes, we court diversity, and we want to hear every and any opinions that we can pull the best from different worlds.<\/p>\n<p>In practice, I find that things more resemble McCarthyism right now.\u00a0And people instead of inviting and courting dissenting opinions lash out and attack people if they don\u2019t conform to \u2014 and I\u2019m certainly very socially liberal \u2014 if you don\u2019t conform to what Silicon Valley views as the established set of credos and beliefs for a hyperliberal, you do get attacked.\u00a0People do not ask many questions of your beliefs. They do not necessarily try to unpeel the layers or look at the nuances but instead respond immediately with this very, very violent opposition and ad hominem attack. And that really depresses me.<\/p>\n<p>For the last few years at least, I\u2019ve witnessed what appears to be the forming of an echo chamber that is even tighter, even more hermetically sealed than it usually is in Silicon Valley.\u00a0And that\u2019s unfortunate. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Follow BI Video on Twitter: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1oS68Zs<br \/>\nFollow BI on Facebook: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1W9Lk0n<br \/>\nRead more: http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders \u2013 the digital generation.<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Tim Ferriss Explains Why He Left Silicon Valley<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Tim+Ferriss+Explains+Why+He+Left+Silicon+Valley&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Tim Ferriss Explains Why He Left Silicon Valley - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=662d6e01a4574bd98bc91640d6d818f4&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetalinjection.net%2Fnews%2Fmaynard-james-keenan-explains-why-he-hates-people-using-their-phones-at-concerts-so-much&amp;c=8821525435188876551&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Explains Why He Hates People Using Their Phones At Concerts So Much\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tool hasn't made their feelings on people filing their shows with phones a secret over the years. Tool has historically banned the use of phone during their show, thrown people out of shows for ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=662d6e01a4574bd98bc91640d6d818f4&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fleaving-silicon-valley-fintech-job-chicago-lonely-2024-4&amp;c=10631972724961181051&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI left Silicon Valley for a dream job in Chicago. I wasn't prepared for how crushing the loneliness could be.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>I worried I'd isolate myself from my network and Silicon Valley by moving I initially questioned whether Chicago was the right city for me. I didn't know anyone there. 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Not only did he want the sunshine of Austin, Texas, but Silicon Valley had become for him an echo chamber that wasn&#8217;t really about open-mindedness anymore. Following is a full transcript\u00a0of the video.\u00a0 Tim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[638,637,639,640],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/MZ3gRdkX0nY.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}