The sun was just setting in Silicon Valley. The clocks had moved 1 hour ahead. It was a day after april fool's day. But apparently none of these things mattered in silicon valley. What mattered and what was discussed was the new startups to be launched, money to be made. Everyone was dreaming of being a millionaire. Solutions to the problems that had not yet surfaced in real world were already being proposed. People spent a lot of time in front of computer screens. It was as if a mass hysteria had swept the valley, it was cool to be technophile. Society had ceased to exist except for what remained in chatrooms and blogs. Were they simply using netscape or they had simply escaped in to the Net. Nobody was interested in answers to these questions, as long as they could see new electornics advertisements in valley's murky newspapers.
He had just stepped out of the office. It was Sunday. What the heck was he doing in the office on Sunday, he asked himself. Should one work to live or live to work, this eternal question came to his mind. Would it all be worth in the end, he thought. Probably not. It was a race he did not want to participate in.
He had just stepped out of the office. It was Sunday. What the heck was he doing in the office on Sunday, he asked himself. Should one work to live or live to work, this eternal question came to his mind. Would it all be worth in the end, he thought. Probably not. It was a race he did not want to participate in.
