First Click: Trump’s tech summit exposed the rotten heart of Silicon Valley

It’s been almost a week since it happened, but Donald Trump’s meeting with Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders continues to gnaw at me.
I shouldn’t feel betrayed, but I do
I follow and write about technology as a matter of passion. It’s easy for an idealist like me to get sucked in by the effects of new technology and to start attributing some ethical agency on the part of its creators. New tech is inherently democratizing and equalizing; it destroys privilege