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...living in evolving anarchy has benefits though. I suspect that San Francisco’s open air drug market with dangerously cheap methamphetamine is one of the dirty secrets behind the engine of creation of Silicon Valley.

>>kf+(OP)
Interesting theory; from what I've seen though, it's fueled more by Adderral scrips.

>>dilap+bq
There’s lots of that too. My theory implies that a bunch of people that say they’re taking adderall are actually doing a little meth before they get on the Google bus because it’s cheaper and easier to get.

>>kf+q41
More years ago than I care to admit, I suspected that Intel's Multibus II design showed evidence of the use of "nose candy" in SV...

>>dilap+bq
I have a related theory, which is that a prime differentiator between astounding life success and abject failure is which drugs you get addicted to.

>>kf+(OP)
Interesting - meth is considered a poor man's drug in Europe, a person with more than less money would never touch it (and favor cocaine).

>>TomMar+kZ1
I’m not a meth user but I have one very wealthy friend who is. He insists that meth in the USA is used only by the very rich and the very poor with no middle class use.