<story><title>This Tech Bubble Is Bursting</title><url>http://www.wsj.com/articles/this-tech-bubble-is-bursting-1462161662</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>refurb</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d have to disagree.  It may seem like tech is driving the US economy when you&amp;#x27;re standing in Silicon Valley, but it&amp;#x27;s not even in the top 5.[1]&lt;p&gt;Energy, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and agriculture have seen the most growth lately.&lt;p&gt;Of course tech can play a role in all of those industries, but overall tech is not that big a part of the US economy.&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.investopedia.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;investing&amp;#x2F;042915&amp;#x2F;5-industries-driving-us-economy.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.investopedia.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;investing&amp;#x2F;042915&amp;#x2F;5-indu...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>andersen1488</author><text>These journalists, along with most people outside the tech industry, fail to see the overall picture. 4 out of 5 of the largest companies on earth are tech firms, and none of them were even close to that position 10 years ago. Software runs the world and tech companies are the single largest driver of the modern American economy, making the overall pool of companies that may go belly up at any given time larger. Public consciousness just hasn&amp;#x27;t caught up to that fact yet since it happened so fast.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rm999</author><text>Technology isn&amp;#x27;t just an industry - it&amp;#x27;s a way of doing things and is becoming ubiquitous. When people think &amp;quot;tech&amp;quot; they may think of sharing status updates or searching for a restaurant. What about driverless trucks (transportation), gene sequencing (healthcare), industrial robotics (manufacturing), automated warehouses (retail), solar research (energy), farm-specific yield optimization (agriculture)?&lt;p&gt;This stuff is all being driven from within the tech industry, even when it will benefit &amp;quot;other&amp;quot; industries.</text></comment>
<story><title>This Tech Bubble Is Bursting</title><url>http://www.wsj.com/articles/this-tech-bubble-is-bursting-1462161662</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>refurb</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d have to disagree.  It may seem like tech is driving the US economy when you&amp;#x27;re standing in Silicon Valley, but it&amp;#x27;s not even in the top 5.[1]&lt;p&gt;Energy, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and agriculture have seen the most growth lately.&lt;p&gt;Of course tech can play a role in all of those industries, but overall tech is not that big a part of the US economy.&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.investopedia.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;investing&amp;#x2F;042915&amp;#x2F;5-industries-driving-us-economy.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.investopedia.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;investing&amp;#x2F;042915&amp;#x2F;5-indu...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>andersen1488</author><text>These journalists, along with most people outside the tech industry, fail to see the overall picture. 4 out of 5 of the largest companies on earth are tech firms, and none of them were even close to that position 10 years ago. Software runs the world and tech companies are the single largest driver of the modern American economy, making the overall pool of companies that may go belly up at any given time larger. Public consciousness just hasn&amp;#x27;t caught up to that fact yet since it happened so fast.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vox_mollis</author><text>Additionally, much of what most consider &amp;quot;tech&amp;quot; is actually media and entertainment. c.f. facebook, twitter, etc. - which just happen to &lt;i&gt;utilize&lt;/i&gt; technology in their products.&lt;p&gt;There is surprisingly little tech going on in &amp;quot;tech&amp;quot; today.</text></comment>