Politico April 25, 2024
Silicon Valley is one of America’s proudest achievements and most potent sources of power globally — an engine of innovation (and moneymaking) that leaves the country’s allies and rivals seething with envy.
So what if the Valley were really in charge — not just of Americans’ relationship with technology but of setting the terms for modern life itself?
There’s a techno-optimistic argument that Silicon Valley, not the elected government in Washington, is the best, and most important, face of American power. POLITICO editor-at-large Matthew Kaminski wrote yesterday of the unflattering split-screen between the tech world’s confident dynamism, powered by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and skyrocketing profits, and Washington, where politics feel exhausted and pessimistic: “We have little faith in ourselves....
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