BY BRUCE FARR
How California’s tech boom shapes its culture and people
SILICON SOCIETY WHILE THE IMPACT of the technology boom on the state’s economy has been discussed at length, less examined is how much of an impact high tech has had on the people who live here and the culture they inhabit. To begin, it’s almost universally known that California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. In fact, the Golden State’s economic output is larger than that of the United Kingdom, India and France. What’s equally astonishing is the fact that nearly $482 billion of the state’s annual gross domestic product (GDP)—almost 19% of its total—is generated by its information technology sector. And, if we’re counting heads, there are nearly two million workers employed in high tech, making the state the epicenter of the ongoing technology revolution.
Nvidia’s Voyager building on its Santa Clara campus
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