But what is so striking about Silicon Valley is that it has become so enamored of its innovative and profit-making prowess that it has completely lost sight of the overall context within which this is taking place. There is a disturbing complacency here toward Washington, government and even the nation. There is no geography in Silicon Valley, or geopolitics. There are only stock options and electrons. We don't even care about Washington.
Money is extracted from Silicon Valley and then wasted by Washington.
I want to talk about people who create wealth and jobs. I don't want to talk about unhealthy and unproductive people. Washington D.C. The hidden hand of the global market would never work without the hidden fist. But you can take that too far. We are I.B.M. U.S., I.B.M. Canada, I.B.M. Australia, I.B.M. China.