Palladium, Intellectual Culture, and Silicon Valley (youtube.com)
Samo took over Palladium half a year ago and is working hard like founder mode. He's observing how it provides a location for people in the area (Bay Area) to dress up nice and go to parties together, and notes how there used to be more of these intellectual, literary groups in the US, and that a big part of being there for those people was probably just showing off for their friends, and things were accomplished.
Greater agency over technological future.
Diversity of views for the generalist. Executives are part of their readership.
At an actual party, you can meet people in person (including people like Samo), and you can talk without needing to worry about what the whole planet will think about this one thing you said out of turn. Hungry for socializing. ‘Convening’. Where else can something like this happen, with lots of thinkers, billionaire investers stop by, other than SF? People propose ideas, Is that crazy or should I invest in that? Credentials of the person saying it don't matter. Intellectual pursuits are actually rewarding, and they're challenged. ‘There’s no one to talk to about that' happens less. People pick up new intellectual interests in their 40s and 50s, pick up new careers. Become diletantes, patrons.