One interesting anecdote: The Varian brothers, Russell and Sigurd [1], were "Born to theosophist parents who helped lead the utopian community of Halcyon, Cali

One interesting anecdote: The Varian brothers, Russell and Sigurd [1], were "Born to theosophist parents who helped lead the utopian community of Halcyon, California". [0] Halcyon was an 'intentional community'. They founded Varian Associates, an early influential firm, and a prototype for the Silicon Valley M.O. for creating technology companies: They were incubated at Stanford University. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon,_California [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_and_Sigurd_Varian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_and_Sigurd_Varian