How State Funding Built Silicon Valley w/ Margaret O’Mara
Tech Won't Save Us
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What's Happening in the Bay Area?
After the war, there was a new kind of enemy for the united states to compete with. The technological progress becomes almost like a battlefield in this new kind of cold war. And so you have the soviet union testing its first atomic bomb in 19 forty nine and then you have the sputnic launch in 19 57. And so the united states isn't very concerned about these developments,. So what effect does that have on the ability of universities like stamford, i guess? I guess, yes, the cold war spending has a transformative effect. It's not just how much it is, but the way it's spent. This is a very american story, and
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