HBO’s Silicon Valley premiere tackles the tech industry’s biggest problem
Silicon Valley is Mike Judge and Alec Berg’s biting comedy about the American tech industry, now in its fourth season. Every week, we’ll be taking one idea, scene, or joke and explain how it ties to the real Silicon Valley and speaks to an issue at the heart of the industry and its ever-lasting goal to change the world — and make boatloads of money in the process.
Spoilers ahead for the first episode of season 4, “Success Failure.”
HBO’s tech industry comedy Silicon Valley has always walked a fine line. On one level, it’s a commentary about Silicon Valley as a place — the out-of-touch investors and evangelists, the scrappy nerds, and the ludicrous amounts of money flying around. But on another level, it’s just a straightforward…
