Silicon Valley could last for many more years thanks to recent events
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Mike Judge recently told The New York Times that recent changes and struggles in the tech world have led him to reassess his plan to end his HBO comedy after six seasons. “It’s taken on a second wind,” he said, adding that he could envision Silicon Valley lasting as long as Dallas (14 seasons!). Pointing to Judge's comments, Rachel Syme says recent scandals involving Facebook and Uber's self-driving cars could provide fodder for more seasons. "If anything, there has never been a better time to satirize the hubris and folly that pervades the world of tech," she says, adding: "As the real Silicon Valley gets tangled in ever more difficulties, Silicon Valley finds itself in the rare position to roast an industry just as everyone is primed for laughter and anger toward it. And with a new nimbleness in a new season, the show feels capable, perhaps for the first time, of skewering its characters, rather than being saved by d*ck jokes."
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