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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: We must look beyond Silicon Valley’s self-created founding mythology narratives.
Chapter 3: Silicon Valley firms advanced development of modern warfare weapons.
Chapter 4: Stanford University proved crucial to Silicon Valley’s rise and success.
Chapter 5: Tax cuts sustain Silicon Valley's growing startup ecosystem.
Chapter 6: Silicon computer chips’ invention completely transformed modern computing.
Chapter 7: 1960s radicalism gradually permeated the culture of Silicon Valley.
Chapter 8: Personal computers moved from garages straight into the boardroom.
Chapter 9: Silicon Valley has long discriminated against women and minorities.
Chapter 10: Dial-up connections and the internet opened the path to social networking.
Chapter 11: As Silicon Valley expanded, it confronted a range of unexpected challenges.
Description
The Code (2019) examines the remarkable history of Silicon Valley, the lush Californian valley that became synonymous with tech startups and the creation of some of our society’s most disruptive inventions like the internet. With a curious, critical gaze, The Code uncovers the reality behind the myths, and shows that while entrepreneurship and technical genius were important to the valley’s rise, none of its most famous achievements would have been possible without military collaborations and enormous amounts of federal funding.
Who Should Listen
- Entrepreneurs curious about the Silicon Valley blueprint for creating successful startups
- Technophiles wanting to know more about the birthplace of some of our most disruptive technologies
- Social historians interested in the human stories behind the headlines