alt Hacker NewsSo why would it take off there instead of in a larger city with more resources?
I'm not disagreeing with you completely, but I would like to know more about what other factors you would consider to have been more impactful. I don't know that you really need hippies around to get that kind of 'california capitalist' mentality either tbf.
It won the transistor lottery, then the money oiled the machine.
Recent events prove that there was nothing ideological about it. Once a positive feedback loop is established, it's difficult to break