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Re:How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists into Exploited G... by lapcat on Friday April 17, 2026 @09:23AM (#47805665)
Classic pulling up the ladder behind you.

Thiel went to Stanford, and Andreessen to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Re:How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists into Exploited G... by elgenie on Friday April 17, 2026 @09:48AM (#47805930)
Also, Andreessen’s wife of two decades attended Stanford. Her billionaire father ensured that their surname (Arrillaga) is plastered all over the campus.
Re:How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists into Exploited G... by pstuart on Friday April 17, 2026 @11:04AM (#47806726)
Not just that, but Andreessen got rich due to the work that came from CERN and he was working at NCSA developing Mosaic, which turned into Netscape.

That wealth was completely the result of work funded by the government, and the resulting initial wealth was his golden ticket into making even more.