Posts Tagged ‘Valley’
Noam Cohen on how Silicon Valley undermines an authentic life
Author and journalist Noam Cohen dares to ask if we really signed up for all the technological change we now take for granted. Did we really need instant delivery of everything, ride-hailing on a whim, the commercialization of residential…
Read MoreJulian Guthrie and the “alpha girls” of Silicon Valley
Julian Guthrie’s past work has taken us up close and personal with many of Silicon Valley’s most notorious alpha males, including Larry Ellison and Elon Musk. Now she takes us on a journey with the “” who braved the male-dominated world of venture…
Read MoreLeslie Berlin on Silicon Valley’s origin story
Leslie Berlin wrote the book on Silicon Valley. The Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, she has profiled microchip discoverer Robert Noyce, and her book “Troublemakers,” about Silicon Valley in the 1970s, has been called a…
Read MoreMike Fitzgerald on Stockton and the “other California”
Mike Fitzgerald just retired after 30 years as a reporter and columnist for the Stockton Record. He is one of those rare journalists who comes to embody the place he writes about. Fitzgerald discusses his hometown’s branding problem and why he holds…
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