Interestingly enough, it seems that information living across so many different tools has become enough of a problem that startups are trying to tackle that issue.
[Bilal Mahmood](https://www.bilalforassembly.com/) (ClearBrain founder, YC alum and former Amplitude Head of Product) recently ran for state assembly. Some tech people are getting involved in politics, but most do not.
Sadly, most tech folks don't vote or have zero interest in local politics.
> Sadly, most tech folks don't vote or have zero interest in local politics.
It's more that transient populations usually don't bother. If your plan is to move to an area for 4-6 years in order to bootstrap a career, earn some money, build a resume and reputation, and then move out to somewhere lower-cost, then you're not going to see the need to get involved in local politics or even vote.
Let me introduce you to the endemic Parakeets of London....... and the urban legends they were introduced to the city by Jimi Hendrix and/or Catherine Hepburn.
It's funny seeing that people's attitudes haven't changed in 100 years. Today in San Francisco you still see a small minority of NIMBYs protesting every little change. But the difference is, now they actually have the power to completely block projects. What changed?
If I had to wager, I would say CEQA making it much harder to build, and much easier to block any construction.
Tons of laws changed, particularly in response to the construction of urban highways and “slum clearance” both of which involved the demolition of entire neighborhoods
”Extreme micro-management, incompetent managers don't trust what they don't know.”
This feels like an eye opener for me. Not in a negative way, but it explains why some get the praise of all the colleagues around them but never from the boss. Which also explains why priorities are sometimes out of whack.
Glean (https://www.glean.com/) for example is building a "Google for work"