What's the Difference?

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World war to unleashes this huge wave of military spending and establishes this new, let's call it a public private partnership. The federal government is mobilizing american industry at a scale never seen before to become the arsenal of democracy. There are little clusters of garage startups all over the country then right? You could go anywhere. But what there is stamford and after the war, the model of federal funding, not only for for industry, but also for science and technology. That seemed more logical destination.

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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