Paul BiggarDec 14, 2023

I wrote about the genocide in Palestine, and how tech has been silent and complicit.

https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/

I can't sleep

I can't sleep. I'm lying in bed every night, and images of Gaza are running through my head. Fathers holding their babies, dead, caked in dust. Bombs dropped on homes [1], on hospitals [2], on schools [3]. Tens of thousands of dead [4] in indiscriminate bombings [5]. Children crying, pulling

Paul Biggar
Show threadPaul BiggarDec 14, 2023
In it, I call out my investors who are whitewashing the genocide and promoting Israeli talking points while Israel bombs and murders innocent civilians.
Show threadPaul BiggarDec 14, 2023

Please read and share - I don't want to have torched my career for nothing

https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/

I can't sleep

I can't sleep. I'm lying in bed every night, and images of Gaza are running through my head. Fathers holding their babies, dead, caked in dust. Bombs dropped on homes [1], on hospitals [2], on schools [3]. Tens of thousands of dead [4] in indiscriminate bombings [5]. Children crying, pulling

Paul Biggar
Show threadAnil DashDec 15, 2023
@paulbiggar appreciate you speaking up. Also, I fear you’ll find out what I have — it’s even worse than it seems. You *won’t* have torched your career, because they were already dismissing your sincerely-held beliefs. But speaking your truth is its own reward, and I hope you find peace in it.
Show threadAnil DashDec 15, 2023
@paulbiggar like, I called out Andreessen publicly for endorsing colonialism, while sitting on a board with A16Z folks, and…nobody there cared. They see all of the rest of us as either trifles to be ignored or enemies to be destroyed, but they certainly don’t care what we say.
Show threadJeff Craig

@anildash @paulbiggar People like that don't really care what you think, as long as they think you can still make them money.

Andreesen and his ilk will have power as long as the Tech Heterodoxy requires that the rest of us beg them for money so we can try and build.

Dec 15, 2023 at 2:30pmWeb