Four years after that conversation, the cult-like Silicon Valley company town is heading our way. It wouldn’t help employees either. We should be reducing our dependence on tech multinationals, not turning to them to help solve social problems that are the Government’s responsibilityThe notion that Google, or any private company, might be drafted in to help to solve the State’s homeless crisis should make us all nervous. The State is already overreliant on its relationship with a handful of powerful Silicon Valley companies. We should be reducing our dependence on tech multinationals, not turning to them to help solve social problems that are the Government’s responsibility.

Source: The Irish Times October 02, 2019 05:00 UTC