Reid Hoffman
@reidhoffman.bsky.social
Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Focused on using AI to find the cure for cancer, faster. Proud American.
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We in Silicon Valley can’t bend the knee to Trump. We can’t shrink away and hope the crisis fades.
Hope without action is not a strategy –– it’s an invitation for Trump to trample whatever he can see.
More: sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...
Hope without action is not a strategy –– it’s an invitation for Trump to trample whatever he can see.
More: sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We in Silicon Valley can’t bend the knee to Trump. We can’t shrink away and hope the crisis fades.
Hope without action is not a strategy –– it’s an invitation for Trump to trample whatever he can see.
More: sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...
Hope without action is not a strategy –– it’s an invitation for Trump to trample whatever he can see.
More: sfstandard.com/opinion/2026...
The America we love will survive the current authoritarian push (not to say putsch) only if enough of us — especially those of us fortunate enough to be in positions of leadership and influence — choose to condemn it, and loudly.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The America we love will survive the current authoritarian push (not to say putsch) only if enough of us — especially those of us fortunate enough to be in positions of leadership and influence — choose to condemn it, and loudly.
I’ve been encouraged in recent days that more Silicon Valley leaders have spoken out to condemn the Minneapolis killings and the policy choices that led to them. It’s a good start to something America needs much more of right now.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I’ve been encouraged in recent days that more Silicon Valley leaders have spoken out to condemn the Minneapolis killings and the policy choices that led to them. It’s a good start to something America needs much more of right now.
Whichever candidates you may have supported in the past — or even if (like many of my friends in Silicon Valley) you don’t usually do politics — you almost surely did not vote for heavily armed, poorly trained, masked federal troops wreaking havoc in our communities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Whichever candidates you may have supported in the past — or even if (like many of my friends in Silicon Valley) you don’t usually do politics — you almost surely did not vote for heavily armed, poorly trained, masked federal troops wreaking havoc in our communities.
I care deeply about getting to the truth.
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I care deeply about getting to the truth.
I just care about getting to the truth. And I care about America.
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I just care about getting to the truth. And I care about America.
I refuse to bend the knee to Donald Trump and his slanderous lies.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I refuse to bend the knee to Donald Trump and his slanderous lies.
I will do everything in my power going forward to advocate for the release of the files, to get justice for Epstein’s victims, and to promote the values of truth our great country was founded on.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I will do everything in my power going forward to advocate for the release of the files, to get justice for Epstein’s victims, and to promote the values of truth our great country was founded on.
The call for an investigation is an obvious ploy to avoid releasing the files.
Simply release all the files, and expose the people who had both deep and ongoing relationships with Epstein.
Simply release all the files, and expose the people who had both deep and ongoing relationships with Epstein.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The call for an investigation is an obvious ploy to avoid releasing the files.
Simply release all the files, and expose the people who had both deep and ongoing relationships with Epstein.
Simply release all the files, and expose the people who had both deep and ongoing relationships with Epstein.
I want this complete release because it will show that the calls for baseless investigations of me are nothing more than political persecution and slander.
I was never a client of Epstein’s and never had any engagement with him other than fundraising for MIT.
I was never a client of Epstein’s and never had any engagement with him other than fundraising for MIT.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I want this complete release because it will show that the calls for baseless investigations of me are nothing more than political persecution and slander.
I was never a client of Epstein’s and never had any engagement with him other than fundraising for MIT.
I was never a client of Epstein’s and never had any engagement with him other than fundraising for MIT.
I want this complete release because it will bring justice for the victims.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I want this complete release because it will bring justice for the victims.
Take driverless vehicles, for example.
The goal isn’t to launch a car that never gets into an accident. It's to launch a car that is safer on the road than one driven by a human (we’re already there).
The goal isn’t to launch a car that never gets into an accident. It's to launch a car that is safer on the road than one driven by a human (we’re already there).
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take driverless vehicles, for example.
The goal isn’t to launch a car that never gets into an accident. It's to launch a car that is safer on the road than one driven by a human (we’re already there).
The goal isn’t to launch a car that never gets into an accident. It's to launch a car that is safer on the road than one driven by a human (we’re already there).
And as we evaluate these tools, we must remember: the benchmark isn’t perfection or zero errors, it's fewer errors than we would have made without the tech in the loop.
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
And as we evaluate these tools, we must remember: the benchmark isn’t perfection or zero errors, it's fewer errors than we would have made without the tech in the loop.
Our job, as citizens, entrepreneurs, and leaders, is to ensure we’re accelerating toward the kind of future we actually want to live in.
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our job, as citizens, entrepreneurs, and leaders, is to ensure we’re accelerating toward the kind of future we actually want to live in.
Whether AI serves to uplift billions or exploit them, whether biotech heals or divides, whether platforms connect or polarize, all of that depends on how we shape the systems around them.
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Whether AI serves to uplift billions or exploit them, whether biotech heals or divides, whether platforms connect or polarize, all of that depends on how we shape the systems around them.
As the former President reminded us, science and technology are tools. They are amplifiers of human will, not substitutes for it.
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
As the former President reminded us, science and technology are tools. They are amplifiers of human will, not substitutes for it.