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The Code

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What’s it about?

A revelatory history of Silicon Valley, revealing how government, military, and counterculture collided to create the tech world—and the myths that still shape it.

You’ll learn

  • Silicon Valley was built by government spending
  • The lone inventor myth is a convenient fiction
  • Tech's libertarian ideology hides its public roots
  • The industry's diversity problem is baked into its DNA