Thanks to listener Eric Whitcomb for giving us the heads-up on this very interesting video from Google’s EDU ‘Tech Talks’ series:
How Stanford the CIA/NSA Built the Valley We Know Today
How much does an average Googler know about the history of the place he works in? Silicon Valley. Come and test your knowledge. I have seen this talk and I assure you -even seasoned Silicon Valley veterans will find this story interesting. Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Blank will talk about how World War II set the stage for the creation and explosive growth of Silicon Valley, and the role of Frederick Terman and Stanford in working with government agencies (including the CIA and the National Security Agency) to set up companies in this area that sparked the creation of hundreds of other enterprises.
Interesting stuff! Thanks again to Eric for sending us this. If you want to shove something our way feel free to email kenATsittingnow.co.uk, and we’ll gladly take it off your hands!
Ken Eakins
I was initially a bit sceptical about this, as he misidentified Lancaster bombers as “Lanchester”.
I was amazed to find out about the Kammhuber line, as I have read and watched a ton of stuff about WW2 and never heard of this huge German radar system.In fact most of this stuff was totally new to me.
This is a really interesting video. Nice one Eric !