Donald Trump and the shallow limit of Silicon Valley’s tolerance
How long before Silicon Valley drags its nerdy workers one by one into a dark room and demands of them: ‘Are you now or have you ever been a supporter of Donald Trump?’ Say ‘No, of course not!’ and you’d be allowed to stay; say ‘Yes, I’m backing his campaign for the presidency’ and you’d be cast out, blacklisted, made into an unperson so far as the trendy world of startups and social media is concerned. If such a scenario seems far-fetched to you, if you think it’s unrealistic to suggest the hip, fixie-riding facilitators of internet blather would ever set up a Committee on Un-Silicon Valley Activities, then consider