Tag: technology
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How war built Silicon Valley: The military-tech complex
World War II reshaped not only borders but the relationship between science, industry, and power. It forced governments to mobilize knowledge at an unprecedented scale. It forced companies to innovate under pressure. It forced scientists to solve problems with immediate consequences. Therefore, the war did not only produce weapons. It produced a system. This system…
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Technologically dominant America. Why?
Helmut Schmid’s famous quote goes: “The biggest problem in politics is the stupidity of people.” I have heard comments like this: “Europe is busy with immigrants, genders and ecology meanwhile the US are dominant force in technology.” The quote by Helmut Schmidt, of course, applies even in this case. For every complicated question, there is…
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Who really creates start-ups? It is not the “inventors”
Tons of interviews were made and tons of books were written about the alleged “inventors” of the biggest start-ups. However, the reality lies somewhere else. Imagine the US as a country completely controlled by a few super-rich groups. Some of them are very close to secret services apparatus that has tens of financial resources more…