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To H1B or not to H1B? How to insult the rest of America

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1. Time to H1B a better person

By Mike Solana, editor-in-chief

With the American commentariat totally feral on the topic of data centers, which for many have become a stand-in for rich tech callousness, YC partner Ankit Gupta thought it clever to compare President Trump’s recent levy on H1B, the nation’s divisive foreign talent funnel, to “DEI,” the racist institutional scheme to punish highly-qualified white Americans in hiring and admissions. What followed was, predictably, a viral social media race war that is now fueling (surprise!) further calls for a data center moratorium. My dear idiot friends in tech, it’s pretty simple: You live in a country, not an economic zone, and if you want the support of your countrymen as you build, you need to build something for them as well — high-tech training hubs in every corner of America, for example, which funnel young Americans into the industry. But on the ground floor? I’d probably stop insulting the people with your fate in their hands.

by Riley Nork, writer 

A famous definition of “insanity” is doing the same thing and expecting different results, while another understanding of........

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