This spirit definitely still lives on in the Bay Area and tech world in general, but I think it's slowly being squashed by the sheer number of people who are going into tech for money (and only money).
Changing the world, connecting the "we", expanding consciousness are secondary to "crushing it". The things the author talked about in that article are seen are hippie, raver, or burner...
Why try to make this happen in the bay anymore when you're going to have to fight simply to get a room that you pay $1200 for? Better to flee to cheaper areas where you can have more time to hack and work on hippie projects. Or Oakland? I don't know.
Changing the world, connecting the "we", expanding consciousness are secondary to "crushing it". The things the author talked about in that article are seen are hippie, raver, or burner...
Why try to make this happen in the bay anymore when you're going to have to fight simply to get a room that you pay $1200 for? Better to flee to cheaper areas where you can have more time to hack and work on hippie projects. Or Oakland? I don't know.
On a sidenote, these guys seem to be fighting the good fight for this cause: http://freespace.io/events/