The Myths of Silicon Valley
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The talk examines how Silicon Valley has created myths and ideologies that reshaped contemporary society, especially work. It analyzes digital corporations’ new work paradigms and keywords—individualism, flexibility, start-ups, praise of failure—and offers a historical-critical assessment of the Silicon Valley vision of labor.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:45Opening Credits
- 1:20The Multifaceted Cultural and Ideological Foundations
- 2:55What Are Myths?
- 3:50The Legitimization of Myths
- 4:25The Myth as Idealization
- 6:00Silicon Valley and Digitalization
- 8:50New Forms of Economy
- 10:30Good Employers
- 11:20The Startup Model
- 12:00The Ideology of Failure
- 13:00The Central Mottos of Silicon Valley
- 13:25What Do the New Ideologies of Silicon Valley Reveal?
- 14:50The Motto of Chinese Silicon Valley
- 15:30Apple’s Anti-Suicide Network
- 16:10Conclusions
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