It&#x27;s an interesting article. There&#x27;s certainly a lot of untapped talent out there doing relatively menial work when they&#x27;ve shown capability to do very different and more effective things. Sponsoring such people or just being more likely to hire them could bring benefits. Well, it&#x27;s already been proven by the companies doing it while reaping those benefits. Plus the occasional academic team asking for funding on something that might be a game-changer and is to some degree. So, we need more of it.<p>That said, the author is wrong about the title and doesn&#x27;t get Silicon Valley. Most don&#x27;t because they don&#x27;t know the historical context of how it became what it is. If you want to re-create or beat it, you have to either imitate or improve on the components that went into creating it. This is the best article I&#x27;ve seen summarizing the big picture of how Silicon Valley came to be:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;backchannel&#x2F;why-silicon-valley-will-continue-to-rule-c0cbb441e22f" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;backchannel&#x2F;why-silicon-valley-will-conti...</a><p>Note: I bet many people didn&#x27;t think Zuckerberg and others paid visits to the old guard to learn old lessons for IT. Probably thought it was all modern, fresh thinking &quot;disrupting&quot; the old stuff. A mix as usual. ;)