Silkan Valley Ory

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The cold war state created an extraordinary amount of opportunity for people that previously didn't have that opportunity. I think about, you know, people like andy grove. Came to the us in 19 58 as a hungarian immigrant. The refugee from communist hungary, speaking very little english, big thick eyeglasses, probably did not impress the person processing his paper. Well, turns out he goes and completes college and then gets his phd. In two andough years, and then goes on to cofound intell and become andy groves. That's a very big part of silkan valley ory. Why is it so successful? Not because americans are better attack

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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