Jobs Is Not Just a Break From That History, but Is a Part of It

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The Palo Alto Research Center, founded by Xerox, is this famed computer research lab that really does and holds some of them like main guys who do the development of what we understand as the personal computer. They do this research for Xerox in the 60s, develop what we think of as like a computer and show it to the world, coincidentally, called the Alto. What you actually have is Xerox making a pretty sizable investment. I think it's 100k maybe at the time in Apple at this early,I think it's between Apple and Apple 2. Decisive moment in the history of Apple. It's fascinating when someone going to make one of those in Google Maps for

Paris Marx is joined by Malcolm Harris to discuss the sordid history of Silicon Valley, including the long influence of eugenics at Stanford, how Silicon Valley profited from the United States’ wars throughout the 20th century, and why the libertarian narrative of tech hide a much darker reality.

Malcolm Harris is the author of Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. You can follow Malcolm on Twitter at @BigMeanInternet.

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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