"When I think of Google, Apple, Intel, Intuit, Adobe and Pixar, the words that come to mind are usually innovative and progressive.
In the wake of their shocking settlement with the federal government Friday over charges they colluded to not hire each other's employees, another word comes to mind:
Dumb.
It's not just that their actions are shameful.
It's not just that these actions violate everything Silicon Valley represents.
These agreements reveal a profound insecurity about their ability to compete on free and fair terms with one another.
But more than that, these actions are unspeakably DUMB.
How dumb was this ill-conceived and poorly executed conspiracy? Let us count the ways."
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