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I'm old enough to remember when Silicon Valley and politics were, for the most part, two separate worlds. The only thing I remember back in the 90's were the ar
by jimt1234 1y ago
I'm old enough to remember when Silicon Valley and politics were, for the most part, two separate worlds. The only thing I remember back in the 90's were the arguments about encryption strengths and export controls.
- janice1999 1y agoI think that's an anachronistic view of things - politics and Silicon Valley have always been linked in some way. In-Q-Tel has been funding startups since 1999. Other government programs also helped fund Google. Those political decisions to invest in mapping, data processing and surveillance technology etc helped create the Silicon Valley giants we have today. It also worked the other way, with the USA v Microsoft antitrust kicking off in the late 90s.
- TheOtherHobbes 1y agoEvgeny Morozov's books are the go-to on this. He's been warning about digital totalitarianism since 2011. The NSA has been trying - successfully, it seems - to put backdoors inside encryption since the mid-90s.
- nradov 1y agoSilicon Valley first became a technology center from the military-industrial complex that grew out of WWII.
- vram22 1y agoYou might not have yet read The Secret History of Silicon Valley by Steve Blank. He also has a YouTube video on the same subject. steveblank.com
- vram22 1y agohttps://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-valley/ https://steveblank.com/category/secret-history-of-silicon-va...