Having read the article, it struck me that the projects seemed to involve daft ideas, solutionism, or fad-chasing.<p>For example, I knew right from the outset that delivering packages via drones was a dumb idea. A moment's thought would have told you that the economics of it just don't make sense.<p>AI. That's something that EVERYONE is on about right now. It's fad-chasing.<p>UPDATE: There's an interesting article in the Atlantic from 2020 "Silicon Valley Abandons the Culture That Made It the Envy of the World" [0]<p>They write:
"You worked for Silicon Valley, and working for Silicon Valley often meant striking out on your own, not only to make your name, but because innovation itself required small firms with new visions. That’s how disruption happened, no?"<p>"Then the post-dot-com generation of companies became the most ubiquitous and valuable corporations in the world, and Silicon Valley’s rhetoric began to change. Over time, the leaders of Facebook and Google, specifically, began to argue a new line: The most innovative, competitive companies are not small and nimble, but big and rich with user data."<p>[0] <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/why-silicon-valley-and-big-tech-dont-innovate-anymore/604969/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/why-s...</a>