The Secret of Sillicon Valley

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The tech world has changed a lot since then, and her thesis holds. It's almost entirely white and native born. You're continue to hire people that you know. These personal connections matter so much because people aren't coming in with a resume. The last supersuccessful company i invested in was started by a couple of stamford graduate students and hoodies that were a little a social.

Paris Marx is joined by Margaret O’Mara to discuss how the state and military have been at the center of the US tech industry since the very beginning, but how it was written out of the popular narrative during the neoliberal turn in the 1980s.

Margaret O’Mara is the author of “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America” and a professor at the University of Washington. Follow Margaret on Twitter as @margaretomara.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

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