Recently just seeing how history repeat(1). You can draw the parallel between Florence and silicon Valley. Florence changed how art looks, Galileo changed paradigm with Copernican principle. Math, sculpture, construction and architecture built just in 15th century with great marble.<p>It was there a chicken and egg problem too: Florence was the heart of Italy which was the heart of the Roman Empire. Half of the world painting and achievements in peak of human creative comes from Italy, and half of those come from Florence.<p>Like the counter-culture in the 60's (because of war). The same happened in Florence because of the plague people created their counterculture:<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death</a><p>Same with silicon Valley , it's the heart of The united state (today Roman Empire). Silicon Valley is filled with smart people and rich people. Florence was rich with wealthy people and great artist: Dante, Michaelangelo etc. Who were also even burried there. We can conclude that Silicon Valley will be remember for its contemporaries: wozniak-steve jobs, Hewlett-Packard etc.<p>(1)<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html</a>