The Secret History of Silicon Valley

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Google Tech Talks December, 18 2007 How Stanford the CIA/NSA Built the Valley We Know Today How much does an average Googler know about the history of the place he works in? Silicon Valley. Come and test your knowledge. I have seen this talk and I assure you - even seasoned Silicon Valley veterans will find this story interesting. Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Blank will talk about how World War II set the stage for the creation and explosive growth of Silicon Valley, and the role of Frederick Terman and Stanford in working with government agencies (including the CIA and the National Security Agency) to set up companies in this area that sparked the creation of hundreds of other enterprises. Speaker: Steve Blank Steve Blank spent nearly 30 years as founder and executive of high tech companies in Silicon Valley, most recently the enterprise software firm E.piphany. He has been involved in or co-founded eight Silicon Valley startups, ranging from semiconductors to video games, and personal computers to supercomputers. He teaches entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Columbia University and Stanford's Graduate School of Engineering.

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CarlyMTaylor (Friday 14th of November 2008 08:11:55 AM)
Lanchester Bomber? Get it right, WTF?
dervishmadwhirler (Saturday 1st of November 2008 04:49:30 AM)
So, basically, it's all for warfare and world domination purposes, isnt it? Funny, considering how American corporations and the american elite funded Adolf Hitler's rise...George dubya's grandfather was one of Hitler's major financers. Makes you think, dudnt it?
logic2reason (Tuesday 18th of November 2008 04:30:03 PM)
That is what humans use it for. But the end result will just prove that it really doesnt matter. At the end, we will learn from the experience. AS far as how we use it till then is up to us. But in general, people are weak, insecure and greedy. Are you suprised that our government is the same. But its our inability to understand the exponential function that tells you everything. Free market is the only way. Othewise history repeats itself. This is first time it can be over come
dervishmadwhirler (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 06:08:09 AM)
I think free market is not the only way; I think we should stop using money and go back to trade again; even to a form of tribal life. Modern industrial and commercial society, with work ethics and governemnt control of people's lifes is the thing that makes life into a totally unchallenging and predatory society, where the few rule the many, and every person is forced to abide by the rules of the unnatural elite. Free market is ruining nature. population will keep growing, this way, due to...
dervishmadwhirler (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 08:37:30 AM)
... the incessant need for consumers, to feed the machine of overproduction and unnecessary 'products'. Nature is altered to sustain a short-sighted worldview of information-starved slaves.Produce is shipped out of out of poor countries whose starving populace isnt getting any of the best products. Destruction of forests is endangering our natural oxygen supply. Free market basically accounts for most narrowmindedness and pollution. Religion does the rest. Profit is parasitic use of resources.
dervishmadwhirler (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 08:49:33 AM)
basically; western, profit-based, free market-society is accountable for the ever increasing population growth. Capitalism and communism or any - ism for that matter wouldnt help anything to stop growth; work-ethics are destroying the freedom of people to be apart from polluting society. Governments are mindless homogenzizing engines producing an ever increasing population...
dervishmadwhirler (Wednesday 19th of November 2008 08:51:52 AM)
...When nature is left intact and uncontrolled, there will be no extreme exponential population growth and no need for 'population control' or 'population reduction'. Industry is destroying the possibility for many many species to survive and contribute to the natural abundance. Basically; modern rural , elite ruled, industrial free market society is destroying the environment- and the worst thing is, it is because of greed. Free markets are only free for those who dominate the markets.
dervishmadwhirler (Saturday 1st of November 2008 04:22:48 AM)
I wanna post hour long vids also on you tube!! gutdamnit!
Juju3322 (Thursday 30th of October 2008 12:34:18 PM)
no whats that?
someman7 (Thursday 30th of October 2008 10:24:57 AM)
I think you can find these at google video with subs. I'm not sure tho.