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Complexity · 3581 days ago

steveblank.com · #internet · #internet.Complexity

Via Hacker News - a richer history of the Valley set in the context of the defence industry. (1hr)

Worth following up with this conversation between DARPA's Dan Kaufman and John Markoff. (1hr 30mns.)

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mknod · 3581 days ago · link ·

[note: I'm in the middle of watching the video]

I saw an awesome documentary on the History of Silicon Valley on an airplane that described the people who left Bell Labs to make the first Silicon chips. I am actually surprised about a lot of the history.

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