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Secret History of Silicon Valley
Computer History Museum
Steve Blank's Computer History Museum lecture argues that Silicon Valley's roots lie in WWII radar and electronic warfare work, Stanford's Fred Terman and Cold War military funding rather than the semiconductor alone.
HN commenters call it a favorite introduction to Valley history and cite it whenever government and military funding of tech comes up.
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