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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris Jan. 28, 2023 - Feb. 19, 2023 (capitalism-etc, class-struggle, silicon-valley-etc)

0.1 Introduction

0.1 Introduction

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

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

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

1.2 The Combine Leland Stanford and the Rise of the Shopkeepers—The Southern Pacific Railroad—Octopus—Rebirth of a Nation—The World Market

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

1.3 Blood That Trots Young Horse Power—The Palo Alto System—Edward Muybridge and the First Movie—Leland Stanford Jr.—Founding Stanford University

Section II: 1900-1945: 2.1 Local Ghosts Battle for LSJU—The Almost Certain Murder of * * * ****—Earthquake—Federal Telegraph

2.1 Local Ghosts Battle for LSJU—The Almost Certain Murder of * * * ****—Earthquake—Federal Telegraph

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

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

Section II: 1900-1945: 2.3 Hooverville Herbert Hoover and the Pioneer Class—Gold Mine Market—The Neutral American—Commerce Secretariat—California Bolsheviks

2.3 Hooverville Herbert Hoover and the Pioneer Class—Gold Mine Market—The Neutral American—Commerce Secretariat—California Bolsheviks

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

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

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

3.1 Space Settlers Missile Economics—Real Estate—Ghettoization of East Palo Alto—Paul Baran and the Red Scare—The Cold War University

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

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

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

3.3 Personal Revolution Computers as Human Augmentation—LSD as Human Augmentation—Bob Kaufman: Black, Communist, Beat—Ken Kesey and Other CIA Experiments

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section IV: 1975-2000: 4.3 Jobs and Gates Pong—Mac and the PC—De Facto School Segregation and the Production of Mean Nerds

4.3 Jobs and Gates Pong—Mac and the PC—De Facto School Segregation and the Production of Mean Nerds

Section IV: 1975-2000: 4.4 Americas Online San Jose Sharks—The Tiger Woods Economy—Cocaine and Cappuccinos—Web Yahoos—Broken Windows—Pets.com

4.4 Americas Online San Jose Sharks—The Tiger Woods Economy—Cocaine and Cappuccinos—Web Yahoos—Broken Windows—Pets.com

Section V: 2000-2020: 5.1 B2K Palo Alto for Bush—The Internet After 9/11—Scrapers Eat the World—Amazon Thrives—The iPod

5.1 B2K Palo Alto for Bush—The Internet After 9/11—Scrapers Eat the World—Amazon Thrives—The iPod

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

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

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

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

Section V: 2000-2020: 6.1 Resolution

6.1 Resolution

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
by Malcolm Harris

Jan. 28, 2023 - Feb. 19, 2023 (capitalism-etc, class-struggle, silicon-valley-etc)

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

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

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

1.2 The Combine

Leland Stanford and the Rise of the Shopkeepers—The Southern Pacific Railroad—Octopus—Rebirth of a Nation—The World Market

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

1.3 Blood That Trots Young

Horse Power—The Palo Alto System—Edward Muybridge and the First Movie—Leland Stanford Jr.—Founding Stanford University

Section II: 1900-1945: 2.1 Local Ghosts

Battle for LSJU—The Almost Certain Murder of * * * ****—Earthquake—Federal Telegraph

2.1 Local Ghosts

Battle for LSJU—The Almost Certain Murder of * * * ****—Earthquake—Federal Telegraph

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

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

Section II: 1900-1945: 2.3 Hooverville

Herbert Hoover and the Pioneer Class—Gold Mine Market—The Neutral American—Commerce Secretariat—California Bolsheviks

2.3 Hooverville

Herbert Hoover and the Pioneer Class—Gold Mine Market—The Neutral American—Commerce Secretariat—California Bolsheviks

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

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

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

3.1 Space Settlers

Missile Economics—Real Estate—Ghettoization of East Palo Alto—Paul Baran and the Red Scare—The Cold War University

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

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

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

3.3 Personal Revolution

Computers as Human Augmentation—LSD as Human Augmentation—Bob Kaufman: Black, Communist, Beat—Ken Kesey and Other CIA Experiments

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

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

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

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

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

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

Section IV: 1975-2000: 4.3 Jobs and Gates

Pong—Mac and the PC—De Facto School Segregation and the Production of Mean Nerds

4.3 Jobs and Gates

Pong—Mac and the PC—De Facto School Segregation and the Production of Mean Nerds

Section IV: 1975-2000: 4.4 Americas Online

San Jose Sharks—The Tiger Woods Economy—Cocaine and Cappuccinos—Web Yahoos—Broken Windows—Pets.com

4.4 Americas Online

San Jose Sharks—The Tiger Woods Economy—Cocaine and Cappuccinos—Web Yahoos—Broken Windows—Pets.com

Section V: 2000-2020: 5.1 B2K

Palo Alto for Bush—The Internet After 9/11—Scrapers Eat the World—Amazon Thrives—The iPod

5.1 B2K

Palo Alto for Bush—The Internet After 9/11—Scrapers Eat the World—Amazon Thrives—The iPod

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

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

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

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