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It would be interesting to extend that analysis of Silicon Valley back to the transition of tech from Route 128 to Silicon Valley. When there was a lot less money involved, people got into the business for the hack value in the old fashioned sense of the word.
Re: Nunn and the slave trade: Could slavery be the reason that so many Slavic states have failed? For centuries, the whole region was slave raiding turf for Constantinople, later the Ottomans and other powers of the Eastern Mediterranean. They raided for male and female slaves, so it had that in common with the African slave trade.
Regarding the Republican Party, I think the Democratic Party’s worst nightmare is to see Trump, RFK, Jr., and Bernie Sanders running for President on the Republican platform.
It would be interesting to extend that analysis of Silicon Valley back to the transition of tech from Route 128 to Silicon Valley. When there was a lot less money involved, people got into the business for the hack value in the old fashioned sense of the word.
Re: Nunn and the slave trade: Could slavery be the reason that so many Slavic states have failed? For centuries, the whole region was slave raiding turf for Constantinople, later the Ottomans and other powers of the Eastern Mediterranean. They raided for male and female slaves, so it had that in common with the African slave trade.
Regarding the Republican Party, I think the Democratic Party’s worst nightmare is to see Trump, RFK, Jr., and Bernie Sanders running for President on the Republican platform.