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Sure, if you believe there are network effects to geography, then you can predict that there would be a Silicon Valley somewhere in the world. But why did it e
by geoffschmidt 14y ago
Sure, if you believe there are network effects to geography, then you can predict that there would be a Silicon Valley somewhere in the world.
But why did it end up being in Northern California? Do you think that was pure accident? Could it have as easily been Tokyo? Frankfurt? Tehran? Oxford?
- dmorgan 14y ago>But why did it end up being in Northern California? Because at the time it started happening, and for other reasons, the US was the top dog in the world economy? The 2050 Silicon Valley will be somewhere else. Maybe China.