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Are you aware how Silicon Valley came into being? The Internet? The moon landing?
by bildung 6y ago
Are you aware how Silicon Valley came into being? The Internet? The moon landing?
- norwegianwhale 6y agoStick to government jobs, you will do well.
- imtringued 6y agoConsidering the workforce surplus nothing will be lost even if all of the money was 100% wasted. However, the effects of fixing the rest of the economy will still massively pay dividends.
- noodles_nomore 6y ago100% waste will fix the economy?
- young_unixer 6y agoWhile those are fair points about the origin of Silicon Valley, the picture today is pretty different. And there's a huge difference in values. The American ethos is "you're free to do great things, if you can". The European ethos is "You need the state to protect you from everything and you shouldn't try to be different or independent"
- Apocryphon 6y agoIt sounds like what this initiative is doing is Europe trying to create a Silicon Valley (probably far from the first time), not sustain it indefinitely. They have to learn to crawl before they run. So the focus on origins is valid.