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Just read about Andy Grove yesterday in The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson. Great boo
by projproj 11y ago
Just read about Andy Grove yesterday in The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson. Great book (though its thesis and the story in the book would contradict the assertion that a single man built Silicon Valley).
- maxxxxx 11y agoIt would be nice if hero worship got reduced. When something succeeds there are tons of people who contribute to that success and not only the guy at the top. Grove was certainly a smart guy but he did not make Silicon Valley. He was one among many people that made Silicon Valley.
- roflchoppa 11y agothe jobs effect
- CamperBob2 11y agoActually it's not an exaggeration to say that a single man did build Silicon Valley. His name was Fred Terman, though, not Andy Grove.