&gt;<i>Note: I bet many people didn&#x27;t think Zuckerberg and others paid visits to the old guard to learn old lessons for IT</i><p>I see a couple of anecdotes, not a recipe for success, or even a pattern.<p>I agree that Silicon Valley arose from magic (or luck), and that it can&#x27;t be recreated.  But it doesn&#x27;t need to be.  The Valley will lose influence for precisely the reason it claims strength in the article; money and computer software can move anywhere, now more than ever.  And mobility is increasing fast.<p>Technology development is diffusing, globally.  Believe it or not, many people have cultural roots and don&#x27;t want to leave their home town...or country.  SV is still highly influential, but that will wane over time.