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The grand visions promoted by today's tech titans conceal realities that are messier, more sordid, and more contingent than claimed.

Drawn from what Henry Farrell said

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ideas vs execution Whether the idea or the execution behind it is what actually decides an outcome, and who deserves the credit.

Silicon Valley The place as an idea: its appetite for disruption, its moonshots, and what it has given up on.

What Henry Farrell actually said

  1. Henry Farrell Professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS and co-author
    All of these grand visions hide truths that are messier, more sordid and more contingent.

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