I couldn't disagree more. If there is one thing that Silicon Valley has proven, it is its ability to reinvent itself. Detroit had the auto industry (I use the p

I couldn't disagree more. If there is one thing that Silicon Valley has proven, it is its ability to reinvent itself. Detroit had the auto industry (I use the past tense intentionally), and for all we've seen that's the end of it. Silicon Valley's history truly starts in gold rush days. From gold rush to military defense to the computer revolution to the .com bubble to web 2.0 to whatever era we're in now. The reason places die is because they're resistant to change. Silicon Valley causes and represents that change.