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The Gnarly Id of Silicon Valley

The Gnarly Id of Silicon Valley

How the traitorous eight 'betrayed' William Shockley, the eugenicist forefather of Elon Musk, JD Vance, Peter Thiel, Josh Hawley, Kris Kobach and Curtis Yarvin, and all the Silicon Valley sickos

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Virginia Heffernan
Oct 09, 2022
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Sperm-banking eugenicist William Shockley. (Wiki photo)

On the occasion of the publication of "Chip Wars," by Chris Miller, which I reviewed yesterday in the New York Times, I want to say a word about the founding of Silicon Valley and the so-called "traitorous eight." 

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