https://www.theguardian.com/technol...on-valley-donald-trump-critics-tech-reactions
For a full year, the tech industry had collectively railed against the xenophobic, bigoted, and anti-science tenor of candidate Trump, displaying a political consensus so strong that the only public outlier PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel became the target of a shunning campaign from industry insiders. Even the generally apolitical Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rebuked Trump and his supporters fearful voices talking about building walls.
But on Wednesday night Zuckerberg had a new message. Feeling hopeful, read the tag on a photograph Zuckerberg shared of himself and his infant daughter watching the election returns. In the caption, he wrote that creat[ing] the world we want for our children was bigger than any presidency. The accompanying emoji displayed wide, happy eyes and an eager grin.
Zuckerberg was not alone in his change of tune.
We in the tech community are willing to work with President-Elect Trump to help those Americans who need it most, tweeted venture capitalist and erstwhile Trump critic Chris Sacca. The door is open.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who said in October that Trumps behavior erodes democracy, chimed in with a note of conciliation: Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump. I for one give him my most open mind and wish him great success in his service to the country.
Perhaps Silicon Valley can do business with a businessman in the White House after all.