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Silicon Valley was essentially funded by the US state, and particularly the military. GPS, ARPANET, computers, microwaves, networking, radio transmissions, all
by wazoox 8y ago
Silicon Valley was essentially funded by the US state, and particularly the military. GPS, ARPANET, computers, microwaves, networking, radio transmissions, all of this has been invented for the military, financed and pushed ahead by them. SV isn't a libertarian paradise.
Read the series https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
- bepotts 8y agoWhich doesn't change my statement in the least. In the internet era, Silicon Valley has been the crown jewel.