"Olivier Alexandre is the Alexis de Tocqueville of Silicon Valley. If you want to understand the cultural forces driving the tech world today, read this book."--Fred Turner, author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism "An eye-opening dive into the networks, places, and ideologies that made Silicon Valley. Alexandre provides a must-read for anyone interested in technology, culture, and inequality."--Angèle Christin, author of Metrics at Work: Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms "A nuanced portrait of Silicon Valley. With nearly a decade of interviews, from many vantage points, Tech deploys an outside observer's keen eye to capture what has made the place persistently inimitable."--Randall Stross, author of The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups "Insightful and thoroughly researched. One of the best books ever written on Silicon Valley."--Christophe Lécuyer, author of Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970