Steve Jobs was indeed a hippie. There is that sort of live and let live side to it. He loved to walk around Palo Alto. The maintenance of Palo Alto as this sort of placid suburb has taken work, right? And if you walkAround Palo Alto, it does look like these buildings are sort of hiding. That's because of the particular zoning restrictions that hide industry behind these bushes and create this placid suburb.
Dilbert is out of work after his creator made racist remarks. House Republicans are launching an investigation into the toxic train derailment in Ohio. Also, Twitter has cut staff yet again, and prominent Elon-backers are in the mix. Plus, Meta has jumped into the A.I. race at last, sans a chatbot. Kara and Scott are joined by Friend of Pivot Malcolm Harris on his new book, “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.”
You can fins Malcolm on Twitter at @BigMeanInternet and can find his book here.
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