Silicon Valley - Making the World a Better Place

Montage of all the "Making the World a Better Place" style hype from the Silicon Valley episode at TechCrunch Disrupt

[ericklestrange]

this is so on point. this series will forever be quotable

[dudermcdudeface]

I love this show beyond words. You can practically hear Mike Judge's teeth grinding as he dredges up memories of the tech industry.

[WildHorseProductions]

I worked in San Francisco for years, and this is exactly how they talk.

[Kncperseus]

I knew microwave exposure is dangerous, but it's this episode that made me look up what it actually does to make it so dangerous.

[yoitslemonboy]

the human heater! microwave your skin!

[TunjungUtomo]

actually happened in two conference I was in, in 2015 and 2017

[magnusengeseth]

The first time I saw this I thought it was going way overboard with the parody, surely real tech companies weren't quite this silly. Every year since I keep getting bombarded with tech news that make it very clear that I was wrong. So very, very wrong.

[felixchien]

This is my justification for everything i do in life

[frustratedalien]

What makes a good parody? When your jokes are essentially indistinguishable from the things your targets say.

[Fibonaccisghost]

Nothing wrong with making money, but it gets dishonest to dress up that desire as a revolution to change the world.

[yunsha]

"Microwaving humans to not pollute the Earth, why did I not think of that?" - Hitler probably.

[acgandhi]

For those of you that don't know the human heater is based off a real product developed by the US military:
It's a non-lethal weapon for crowd control and other similar uses. Could actually be better (less lethal/harmful) than tear gas or especially rubber bullets.
But yeah for long term use in your home.... _maybe_ not the best idea.

[piCtrues]

what if the human heater is really working without risk!

[paradox_]

Wtf... isnt that Dean Kamen pitching human heater??... thats the only real entrepreneur in this whole clip lol.

[Alphadeias]

a better place for big
businesses that is

[maracachucho]

Microwaves aren't inherently harmful to our bodies, but the sparks they produce on metallic surfaces are definitely a fire hazard.

[robertheckman]

all gawdamn sorcerer's apprentices, the whole lot of 'em

[rogermenezes]

SO MO LO....er...MO SO LO...eh...LO MO SO

[viktorrez]

I like the scientific approach of that woman. No argument, no evidence, just saying "no". With people like this, the world surely be a better place!