Is there a "cultural divide" between hackers and business-types in Silicon Valley -- analogous to C.P. Snow's famous distinction between scientists and literary intellectuals? <p>If so, how might it effect productivity/creativity? <p>If not, could Silicon Valley be (or become) the main venue for the "emerging third culture" talked about by John Brockman and the edge.org crowd?
If the third culture is embodied anywhere, it's in SV. Most of the successful businessy people in SV seem to be hackers-turned-businessperson.<p>Shortly after The Dot Com Crash there was The MBA Exodus where all the MBAs went off to go start or join hedge funds.