Greg Grimmer: Imagine a testosterone-heavy flat in Hackney within a single speed racing bike’s ride of silicon roundabout and any number of unshaven techies living off nothing but toast and beans as they seek to create the next billion dollar web/mobile/digital revolution. Surely they should be working for the good of advertising?
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