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See also "The Secret History of Silicon Valley", by former tech executive Steve Blank: https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-hist
by rst 7y ago
See also "The Secret History of Silicon Valley", by former tech executive Steve Blank: https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-history/
Post-world war II defense contractors, mentored and brokered personally by Stanford prof Fred Terman, have a lot to do with setting the stage, and get surprisingly little attention for having done it...
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- creato 7y ago> and get surprisingly little attention for having done it... One big chunk of people don't like to hear that the military had such a big influence in the tech industry, and another big chunk of people don't want to admit that government funding contributed to something wildly successful.