Silicon Valley has gone all technocrat-poet-philosopher-buddhist-monk and it's everyone’s favorite thing to laugh at. Laugh all you want (the world is often ironic) but please don’t let it turn you off mindfulness, which will really be good for you.
If you are curious as to why all the tech people have made a hard pivot towards mindfulness, I think it’s these things:
1. Many ppl (inside & outside of tech) are experiencing extremely high levels of dissatisfaction with their lives in modern society. After being told if you just achieved you would be happy, we are finding ourselves more addicted to the hedonic treadmill & more unhappy than ever.
2. Lots of people in tech have made a lot of money. Once you’ve made money, it is easier to realize that it didn’t really do anything for you.
3. Unlike other places where people have made money (like NYC), there are many teachers and coaches here in the Bay Area whose coaching is rooted in mindfulness and consciousness.
4. Tech founders and VCs, like all people, like talking about and sharing their experiences. Tech people just happen to like doing it on Twitter.
Just because it seems like a parody of Silicon Valley the TV show doesn’t mean it isn’t worth trying. I hope you all travel the conscious path one day!
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