The lonely niche of Mr. Banatao highlights our pitiful, pigmy role in tech

The story of Mr. Diosdado Banatao, his Cagayan Valley to Silicon Valley saga, is truly an amazing and inspiring one. And the chroniclers of Filipino success stories have not been lacking in appreciating his feats. But many think that even Mr. Banatao is clearly getting lonelier (or attacked by boredom) after every article and commentary on his canonization as a technology wunderkind.

Maybe he is asking this question: Why only me? I am a decade-old story, and my story, despite its obvious merits, becomes tiring at some point. Maybe it’s time to shift the alleluias.