When I visit a site, I want to see content from that site. I did not consent to view ads from a third party. I would be happy to view ads that a site decides to host and display. The problem is that most sites have absolutely no idea what ads they are displaying. They just want money. It is probably not even feasible to block ads that a site hosts themselves.
I think you are making the same mistake as the author. You think that your work has deeper meaning when in reality any breakthrough you discover will be patented by your university and commercialized by pharmaceutical companies making the president of your university and the CEO of the pharma company even richer while you will still just be getting by on your $60000 stipend. Enjoy your late nights in the lab and your delivery pizza.
I think the points about NIMBYism and fake environmentalism of the liberal upper middle class are quite insightful. It really would benefit the environment to have a higher population density in places like the bay area.
Chairwoman Pao owes every penny. She was not discriminated against because she is a woman, she was discriminated against because she is a terrible employee, venture capitalist, and person. She sued Kleiner because she wanted to pay off the debt her scumbag husband owes for fraud.
It may be because startups are looking for experience with specific technologies and not good software engineers. Startups generally don't want (or don't have any money) to train their engineers.