硅谷的人们发明的东西很少。计算机并非硅谷的发明,硅谷没有发明晶体管、集成电路、互联网,生物科技和绿色科技也并非出自硅谷。硅谷所起的作用,是使这些技术“迅速传播”。硅谷有着独特的、近乎魔鬼般的嗅觉,能迅速理解一项发明给社会带来的颠覆性的变化,并从中盈利。 People in Silicon Valley invented few things. Computers were not Silicon Valley inventions, Silicon Valley did not invent transistors, integrated circuits, the Internet, biotechnology and green technology are not from Silicon Valley. The role of Silicon Valley is to make these technologies “rapidly spreading.” Silicon Valley has a unique, almost devilish sense of smell that quickly understands and profits from the disruptive changes that an invention brings to society.