Tech‑pundit generation passing

Longtime, platform‑spanning tech commentators who shaped public understanding of Silicon Valley (through books, TV, columns and early web forums) are aging out or dying, creating a gap in historical memory and interpretive authority about the industry's formative decades. That gap may accelerate dependence on corporate PR, algorithmic summarizers, or newer influencer forms that lack the same documentary record. — A shrinking cohort of veteran tech journalists reduces collective memory and authoritative interpretation of technology's past, affecting how society judges current industry claims and policy choices.