Nick Clegg: Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they're victims
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- Nick Clegg criticizes Silicon Valley's culture of hubris, wealth, and machismo combined with a sense of victimhood.
- Clegg praises Mark Zuckerberg as thoughtful and curious but condemns the broader Silicon Valley mindset of privilege and self-pity.
- Silicon Valley's insularity leads to herd-like behavior, with everyone following the same trends and fads.
- Clegg finds Westminster more insufferable than Silicon Valley due to its pomposity and living on past glories.
- He believes Britain will rejoin the EU in his lifetime and would return to political activism if needed.
- Clegg describes Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves as decent but overly cautious, urging them to take bigger political risks.