Margaret O’Mara
Margaret O’Mara is the author of "The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America." She is a professor of history at the University of Washington, where she writes and teaches about the history of U.S. politics, the growth of the high-tech economy, and the connections between the two.
Silicon Valley wants to be a meritocracy. Here’s why it’s not.
If you're a great engineer, you can get ahead in Silicon Valley — to a certain extent.
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How Silicon Valley went from conservative, to anti-establishment, to liberal
Silicon Valley started as a Republican stronghold. How did it turn so liberal?
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Computing history: From government secrets to a failed tech utopia
Historian Maragaret O'Mara explains why a tech utopia was, and still might be, a pipe dream.
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Silicon Valley: How Stanford, science, and war made tech history
The history of Silicon Valley: The rise of a technological unicorn.
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