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I feel like Saclay won't rival Silicon Valley any time soon.

To me, part of the magic of silicon valley has little to do with Stanford (although the article references Harvard??) or the mega businesses, but the overall culture of northern california.

For example, would Apple Computer have happened if Steve Jobs had never done LSD? How about BSD? Or many other highly creative and innovative systems.

Maybe it's a coincidence but the European hewing towards authoritarianism thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

So you're saying this thing would have better results if it were built in Amsterdam :)

thc aint nuff, gotta have the psychedelics

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