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I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory

I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory

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Virginia Heffernan
Mar 21, 2023
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I’m “too excited” — a concept that appears in this piece — to share this exploration of microchips, democracy, and the face of God. What I saw in Taiwan, and especially in the mysterious wonder-of-the-world fabs at TSMC, changed my thinking about everything. I found pure awe, and durable hope for the future. Democracy will survive. The Enlightenment wil…

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