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The dark history of Silicon Valley
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The History of Stanford
The history of Stanford is almost its own story, but it's also central to the book and the broader history of capitalism at least symbolically. So he happens to be born near the Erie Canal, right when the Erie Canal opens. And so his family's fortunes go from like just some in keepers to the in keepers near the Erie canal. He can still follow his brothers out to California, you know, on his parents dime and take part in the Gold Rush.
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