The newly minted rich are obsessed with outperforming their rivals. One industry party I attended had a jungle theme. This included a real, 600-pound tiger in a cage and a monkey that would pose for Instagram photos. A prominent Googler’s Christmas party in Palo Alto had mounds of snow in the yard to round out the festive spirit. It was 70 degrees outside. Sean Parker, a founder of Airtime, threw a lavish, $1 million party that included models he hired to roam the room and a performance by Snoop Dogg.
Disruptions: Looking Beyond Silicon Valley’s Bubble - NYTimes.com
Nick Bilton writes an article about how 2005 Silicon Valley is just like 1999 Silicon Valley, forgets to publish it until 2012 but it doesn’t matter because it’s all still true.
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