Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why
The tech industry has, historically and in aggregate, had pretty solid rates of returns.  If I was sitting on a dwindling store of natural resources as my primary store of wealth, I would probably want to try to diversify that wealth into other areas and grow that wealth aggressively while my potentially limited income source is still highly profitable.<p>I'm not sure that more nefarious aims need to be posited than simple avarice.