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That was a part of it to be sure, but I wouldn't say it was entirely "built" by defense spending alone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_valley#History htt
by spking 16y ago
That was a part of it to be sure, but I wouldn't say it was entirely "built" by defense spending alone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_valley#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_valley#History
Political and economic conditions are also vastly different now than they were in the 1950s, so it's apples and oranges to compare today's U.S. government to that of Eisenhower's time.
- davidw 16y agoIt certainly wasn't built on defense spending alone. But after a phrase like "I’ve always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches", he comes across as a bit silly.
- hga 16y agoIt's quite arguable that government (i.e. the US Federal one) has gotten a lot less competent as of late, compared to the post-WWII through the '50s period. He's only 40, the government he's directly experienced is much later than the Silicon Valley seeding period we're talking about.
- davidw 16y agoThere are a whole lot of things you could (and people do) argue. Doing so is probably best left to other sites, but I guess I just don't like those sorts of statements. The government screws some things up, just like it gets some things right. Same goes for people and companies.