In this episode, we are joined by writer and speaker, Adam Fisher, to discuss his latest book, Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom). Adam has previously worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of prestigious publications and as Features Editor of New York Magazine and Wired Magazine.

• The Silicon Valley of today, and why Adam believes the industry is now a game between the old and the young
• The origins of gaming, and the declining role played by women over the course of its evolution
• The counterculture of Silicon Valley, and why today’s social media obsessed society has corrupted the science of computing

Key Takeaways and Learnings

• Nerd culture: how today’s popular culture has been taken over by the less popular
• Morality: how a social media obsessed world is failing humanity
• Doing: why the future of computing innovation relies on doing and not talking

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode

• Get in touch with Adam via Twitter or LinkedIn
• Adam's website
• Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom), a book by Adam Fisher
• The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine, a paper by Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page
• Kim Stanley Robinson books
• Innovaton Ecosystem Episode 050 – Hacking Flow: How to Make Outperformance a Habit with Steven Kotler