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The Times Tech Podcast

Five Questions with.... Adam Fisher

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Business, Unknown, Technology

4.9654 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Adam Fisher, author of Valley of Genius: the Uncensored History of Silicon Valley as told by the Hackers, Founders and Freaks who Made it Boom, to answer five questions. 1. Who is Nolan Bushnell and why is he one of the most important figures in Silicon Valley? (7:40), 2. How did LSD and the hippie counterculture lead us to where we are today? (13:00), 3. Who are the forgotten “other guys” who have founded the biggest companies? (17:25), 4. How big a role has the stealing of ideas played in the valley's history? (29:00) 5. Are the efforts to create “another Silicon Valley” by cities round the world futile? (35:30).

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Danny in the Valley, your weekly dispatch from deep inside the Silicon Valley Future Machine.

0:07.1

This is it, people, the last episode of season two.

0:10.9

Yes, after today, I'm taking the rest of August off and we'll be back in mid-September with all kinds of new great guests, specials, investigations.

0:23.0

I've got a few other interesting things at my sleeve. So do stay tuned. There is a slight chance, and I say slight, because I'm about

0:28.9

to move house. I'm leaving San Francisco and the ridiculous rents here to go across the Bay to Oakland

0:35.9

for slightly less ridiculous rents.

0:39.0

And so that's going to take over my life for the next few weeks as we try to move across.

0:44.0

But if that process is not too painful and time consuming, there's a chance I might

0:48.2

knock together a little late summer episode just to tide you over.

0:52.4

But we shall see.

0:53.3

I can't make any promises. And if I fall flat on

0:57.5

that one, don't worry, all. Like I said, I'll be back in mid-September. And one other note,

1:04.2

one other note, stop right now. Go to Apple Podcasts and give a review. I would be forever in your debt if you do. It helps

1:14.6

other people find the show, which in turn convinces the Sunday Times to keep funding it, which in

1:19.7

turn helps me track down interesting folks week in and week out for you, dear Lesnar, which I really

1:25.7

do enjoy doing. So long may it continue.

1:30.1

Anyhow, enough of that. Let's get to today's show.

1:34.0

Yo, technology. What is it all about? What you have to realize is that Silicon Valley was made

1:42.5

by children. Nolan was in his early 20s when he started Atari.

1:47.1

His protege, Steve Jobs, was 19 when he started Apple.

1:52.4

All these young kinder rebel guys.

1:54.9

Yeah.

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