Places outside of Silicon Valley, within the USA have the same outlook. Everywhere has people who have go-nowhere attitudes, but it all depends on the type of

Places outside of Silicon Valley, within the USA have the same outlook. Everywhere has people who have go-nowhere attitudes, but it all depends on the type of people you know, it's not universal. The thing unique to the Valley is that it has people flush with capital that encourage large, repeated, expensive risk taking in tech products with low expectations of success. And, spoiler warning, there is nothing secret about it.