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The heart of Silicon Valley tech culture isn’t technology, it’s culture.

The future of innovation is a path-dependent, complex system: to see where we’re going, we need to understand the history of entrepreneurship, finance and the unique political economy of the Bay Area.

I’m writing my PhD dissertation (and first book), Eating the World: Iterative Capital after Silicon Valley. Every week, I’ll be sharing a take on a major issue of the day—from housing to deal structures, product development methods to the weird history of San Francisco—along with a more historical take, and some interesting further reading.