Re:Silicon Valley: Abandoned
by pchristensen on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @02:37PM
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Was one of those supposed to sound more plausible than the other? They both sound like pipe dreams. Steve Blank's "Secret History of Silicon Valley" shows that it'll take more than a few bills passed to create a viable competitor to SV, esp. since this new region would have to compete with the actual SV.
How about option C) SV continues to thrive as a worldwide center of innovation no matter how jacked the rest of CA and the US gets? The only way I see this not happening is if the US completely clamps down on immigration (right now it's a giant pain but still navigable for a large number of immigrants).
The only international tech centers that I've ever heard anyone mention seriously were Tel Aviv (but unlikely b/c of security issues), and Singapore. Not sure how immigrant-friendly the high tech Asian economies (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, S. Korea) would be (Japan certainly isn't).
Much more likely would be a barely-across-the-border city like Vancouver or (don't laugh) Tijuana. With the ridiculous life science cluster in San Diego, Mexico could have a place where any international scientist could get into easily and collaborate with the existing cluster. It's a beautiful opportunity for regulatory arbirtage of a positive kind. What other opportunity does Mexico have to become a center for super high end research?
How about option C) SV continues to thrive as a worldwide center of innovation no matter how jacked the rest of CA and the US gets? The only way I see this not happening is if the US completely clamps down on immigration (right now it's a giant pain but still navigable for a large number of immigrants).
The only international tech centers that I've ever heard anyone mention seriously were Tel Aviv (but unlikely b/c of security issues), and Singapore. Not sure how immigrant-friendly the high tech Asian economies (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, S. Korea) would be (Japan certainly isn't).
Much more likely would be a barely-across-the-border city like Vancouver or (don't laugh) Tijuana. With the ridiculous life science cluster in San Diego, Mexico could have a place where any international scientist could get into easily and collaborate with the existing cluster. It's a beautiful opportunity for regulatory arbirtage of a positive kind. What other opportunity does Mexico have to become a center for super high end research?