在硅谷的第一个春节,我跟着朋友去了一个饭局。长期以来,饭局总能提供一个地域最强烈的市井特质。国内的饭局通常由各种八卦填满:谁和谁分了手,谁跳了槽,谁升了职。用龙应台的话说,她和大陆学者的饭局谈话局限在房子、票子、孩子和车子——如果她不在,还会有妹子。硅谷的饭局却与国内迥然不 In the first Spring Festival in Silicon Valley, I went to a dinner party with my friends. For a long time, the food stalls always provide one of the most intense market characteristics in the region. The domestic dinner is usually filled with all kinds of gossip: who broke the hand, who jumped the trough, who rose to post. In the words of Lung Ying-tai, she confronted the mainland scholars’ dinner table with houses, tickets, children and cars - she would have a sister if she was not present. The dinner in Silicon Valley is very much different from the domestic one