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To: abuelita who wrote (20369)	7/23/2007 12:56:28 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217576

We see a sort of low grade form "bitterosity" here in Silicon Valley -- "because we're all supposed to be successful now" Unlike New York, it seems to be contained here for several reasons...many people have some degree of success, at least many of them are doing something in technology close to what they wanted to do. The rich here have not become as obnoxious as in LA or New York. The Google founders drive Toyota Priuses, there aren't resturants with unlisted phone numbers, and we just don't encounter as many velvet ropes. But mostly I think that many people remember how they were doing before they came to California, back in Rochester, Winnipeg, Glasgow, Mumbai and Tapei. Bitterosity. It's not a new disease, but there's a lot of it about, on your street, in your workplace and in every piece of news that emerges from your screen or paper to make you feel edgy, wired, uncomfortable with your fellow man. Maybe it's because we're all supposed to be successful now, and that's impossible by definition. Here's the definition, courtesy of New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik: "Bitterness born of betrayal and disappointment, jealousy and resentment — half of life here involves safeguarding yourself from the plague of Bitterosity. [A young person with dreams] becomes another grumbling embittered crank, a querulous angry radio-talk-show caller, an anonymous poster, a failed writer complaining about his publisher."