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A prominent tech investor says arrogance in Silicon Valley has reached a fever pitch and he's constantly embarrassed by what people say

"Increasingly, it feels like people in our industry, the tech industry, are losing touch with reality," MG Siegler wrote in a blog post earlier this week.

  • MG Siegler, a prominent tech investor with GV, formerly Google Ventures, wrote an interesting blog post this week about a disturbing trend he's noticed in Silicon Valley recently.
  • He said "people in our industry, the tech industry, are losing touch with reality."
  • Siegler says "it may already by systemic at this point."
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MG Siegler, a prominent tech investor with GV, formerly Google Ventures, wrote a blog post this week called "Arrogance Peaks in Silicon Valley," in which he described a disturbing trend he's noticed among people in the tech industry: Namely, that they're losing touch with reality.

"really smart people

We need Silicon Valley  —  the people behind these companies —  to wake up. We need everyone to act like human beings, not like rogue AI programsvomiting updelusions of grandeur," he said.

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