alt Hacker NewsThis is interesting and makes sense, the first thing I thought of is how California and the west started as gold rush, land, mining opportunities.
The people who risked their (and families) lives going west were taking very large risks for large rewards. And it's never stopped.
Great point. So many people I know who have worked in Silicon Valley have spoken about a different mindset there. Culture matters a great deal, but because it's intangible and hard to measure, we don't often see it in productivity and prosperity metrics and research. I think it's true that culture is contagious, but we also see that people who share values like to hang out together. The largest expression of this is a nation.