Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Home/Front: Silicon Valley Rebels Vs. The US Air Force : Rough Translation - NPR - Translation

Jamiel Law for NPR
Jamiel Law for NPR
Jamiel Law for NPR

Jamiel Law for NPR

Military investment helped create Silicon Valley, and their collaborations brought us innovations like GPS, the internet...even duct tape. But over the years, distrust grew and collaboration stalled.

While Silicon Valley raced toward the future with its unofficial "move fast and break things" motto, the military has failed to keep up — slowed by a complex bureaucracy. Modern day Silicon Valley, with its open offices and foosball tables, could not be more different from the Pentagon. How will the two reach across this divide to solve the military's urgent tech problems?

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