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Introduction
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And Into the Fire (2019)
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The Ektorp Sofa (2011)
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Bad Education (2011)
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Arms and Legs (2012)
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Working Beauty (2012)
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Lego Marx (2016)
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The Loser Wins (2010)
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Glitch Capitalism (2018)
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0.1 Introduction
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Section I: 1850-1900:
1.1 To Whom Time Is Money
The Uneventful Conquest of Alta California—Gold Rush—West Coast Genocide—The New Almaden Mine—Immigrant Agriculture—Bank of America
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1.1 To Whom Time Is Money
The Uneventful Conquest of Alta California—Gold Rush—West Coast Genocide—The New Almaden Mine—Immigrant Agriculture—Bank of America
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Section I: 1850-1900:
1.2 The Combine
Leland Stanford and the Rise of the Shopkeepers—The Southern Pacific Railroad—Octopus—Rebirth of a Nation—The World Market
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1.2 The Combine
Leland Stanford and the Rise of the Shopkeepers—The Southern Pacific Railroad—Octopus—Rebirth of a Nation—The World Market
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Section I: 1850-1900:
1.3 Blood That Trots Young
Horse Power—The Palo Alto System—Edward Muybridge and the First Movie—Leland Stanford Jr.—Founding Stanford University
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1.3 Blood That Trots Young
Horse Power—The Palo Alto System—Edward Muybridge and the First Movie—Leland Stanford Jr.—Founding Stanford University
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Section II: 1900-1945:
2.1 Local Ghosts
Battle for LSJU—The Almost Certain Murder of * * * ****—Earthquake—Federal Telegraph
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2.1 Local Ghosts
Battle for LSJU—The Almost Certain Murder of * * * ****—Earthquake—Federal Telegraph
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Section II: 1900-1945:
2.2 Bionomics
Making Men—Lewis Terman and His Intelligence Quotient—Finding Genius in California—The Raisin Ku Klux Klan—The International-Radical-Communist Anarchist Club
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2.2 Bionomics
Making Men—Lewis Terman and His Intelligence Quotient—Finding Genius in California—The Raisin Ku Klux Klan—The International-Radical-Communist Anarchist Club
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Section II: 1900-1945:
2.3 Hooverville
Herbert Hoover and the Pioneer Class—Gold Mine Market—The Neutral American—Commerce Secretariat—California Bolsheviks
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2.3 Hooverville
Herbert Hoover and the Pioneer Class—Gold Mine Market—The Neutral American—Commerce Secretariat—California Bolsheviks
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Section II: 1900-1945:
2.4 Men with Potential
Blowing Tubes—De Forest’s Triode—Avionics—The Varian Brothers and the Rhumbatron—Fred Terman, Genius Son—Internment of the California Japanese—Ernesto Galarza and the Betrayal of the Popular Front
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2.4 Men with Potential
Blowing Tubes—De Forest’s Triode—Avionics—The Varian Brothers and the Rhumbatron—Fred Terman, Genius Son—Internment of the California Japanese—Ernesto Galarza and the Betrayal of the Popular Front
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Section III: 1945-1975:
3.1 Space Settlers
Missile Economics—Real Estate—Ghettoization of East Palo Alto—Paul Baran and the Red Scare—The Cold War University
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3.1 Space Settlers
Missile Economics—Real Estate—Ghettoization of East Palo Alto—Paul Baran and the Red Scare—The Cold War University
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Section III: 1945-1975:
3.2 The Solid State
Hewlett-Packard—Invention of the Semiconductor—Shockley and Fairchild—Advent of Venture Capital—Hoover in Germany and Japan—Chips on Ships
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3.2 The Solid State
Hewlett-Packard—Invention of the Semiconductor—Shockley and Fairchild—Advent of Venture Capital—Hoover in Germany and Japan—Chips on Ships
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Section III: 1945-1975:
3.3 Personal Revolution
Computers as Human Augmentation—LSD as Human Augmentation—Bob Kaufman: Black, Communist, Beat—Ken Kesey and Other CIA Experiments
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3.3 Personal Revolution
Computers as Human Augmentation—LSD as Human Augmentation—Bob Kaufman: Black, Communist, Beat—Ken Kesey and Other CIA Experiments
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Section III: 1945-1975:
3.4 How to Destroy an Empire
ChiCom Cuts the Paper Tiger in Korea—Domestic Decolonization—Rise of the Black Panthers—Third World California—The War in Palo Alto
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3.4 How to Destroy an Empire
ChiCom Cuts the Paper Tiger in Korea—Domestic Decolonization—Rise of the Black Panthers—Third World California—The War in Palo Alto
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Section IV: 1975-2000:
4.1 California über Alles
Silicon Canneries—The End of the ’70s—Civic Vigilantism in the Suburbs—New Walls Everywhere—“What about Jensen?”—A Union of Homeowners
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4.1 California über Alles
Silicon Canneries—The End of the ’70s—Civic Vigilantism in the Suburbs—New Walls Everywhere—“What about Jensen?”—A Union of Homeowners
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Section IV: 1975-2000:
4.2 War Capitalism
Hoover Institution—Ronald Reagan’s Dirty Harry Situation—The Office of Technology Licensing and the Privatization of the Cold War University—Wiring the Asian-American Circuit—Computers for Dictators—Iran-Contra Net
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4.2 War Capitalism
Hoover Institution—Ronald Reagan’s Dirty Harry Situation—The Office of Technology Licensing and the Privatization of the Cold War University—Wiring the Asian-American Circuit—Computers for Dictators—Iran-Contra Net
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Section IV: 1975-2000:
4.3 Jobs and Gates
Pong—Mac and the PC—De Facto School Segregation and the Production of Mean Nerds
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4.3 Jobs and Gates
Pong—Mac and the PC—De Facto School Segregation and the Production of Mean Nerds
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Section IV: 1975-2000:
4.4 Americas Online
San Jose Sharks—The Tiger Woods Economy—Cocaine and Cappuccinos—Web Yahoos—Broken Windows—Pets.com
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4.4 Americas Online
San Jose Sharks—The Tiger Woods Economy—Cocaine and Cappuccinos—Web Yahoos—Broken Windows—Pets.com
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Section V: 2000-2020:
5.1 B2K
Palo Alto for Bush—The Internet After 9/11—Scrapers Eat the World—Amazon Thrives—The iPod
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5.1 B2K
Palo Alto for Bush—The Internet After 9/11—Scrapers Eat the World—Amazon Thrives—The iPod
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Section V: 2000-2020:
5.2 You Better Try to Make Me Rich
Onshoring to Foxconn—The Fatal Consequences—Gangsterism as Governance—Heroin and IKEA in East Palo Alto—SCORE!—The Palo Alto Suicides
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5.2 You Better Try to Make Me Rich
Onshoring to Foxconn—The Fatal Consequences—Gangsterism as Governance—Heroin and IKEA in East Palo Alto—SCORE!—The Palo Alto Suicides
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Section V: 2000-2020:
5.3 Blister in the Sun
The PayPal Mafia and the Facebook Keiretsu—Immiseration 2.0—Google Bus—Roko’s Basilisk—Living in the Thielverse
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5.3 Blister in the Sun
The PayPal Mafia and the Facebook Keiretsu—Immiseration 2.0—Google Bus—Roko’s Basilisk—Living in the Thielverse
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6.1 Resolution
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Introduction
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Go to College
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Work (Sucks)
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The Feds
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Everybody Is a Star
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Behavior Modification
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Conclusion
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