The Secret History of Big Tech (It's darker than you think)

Try Brilliant's tutor for free at https://brilliant.org/AnnaBocca/. You’ll also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Everyone thinks Big Tech started with some guys in a garage. But it actually started with the Pentagon. In Part I of this series, I trace the secret military money, Cold War contracts, and winner-takes-all ideology that built Silicon Valley, and explain how that DNA still shapes Google, Apple, and the AI race today. 0:00:00 - 0:01:51 Intro 0:01:52 - 0:06:14 The Start of Stanford 0:06:15 - 0:10:44 Silicon Valley’s First Start-Up 0:10:45 - 0:17:14 Eugenics 0:17:15 - 0:35:14 The Invention of Transistors 0:35:15 - 0:43:35 The Traitorous Eight and the Microchip 0:43:35 - 0:48:50 ARPA 0:48:51 - 0:49:48 Sponsor 0:49:49 - 0:58:25 The Hacker Ethic and Early PCs 0:58:25 - 1:04:05 The Chip Industry 1:04:06 - 1:08:28 The Early Internet 1:08:29 - 1:11:03 The Dot Com Boom 1:11:04 - 1:16:22 Google 1:16:22 - 1:20:07 The PayPal Mafia 1:20:08 - 1:21:40 Patreon 1:21:41 - 1:35:40 Peter Thiel 1:35:41 - 1:40:05 Conclusion Instagram: instagram.com/annabocca_ Patreon: patreon.com/annabocca Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/annabocca All sources I used for this video are listed in this doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r... This video was sponsored by Brilliant.