The Spectacular Booms of the Silicon Valley Dream

• By Sara Breselor and Victoria Tang
• April 16, 2013 | 
• 6:30 am | 
• Categories:Wired

IT’S THE GOLDEN FRONTIER of the American dream, where the Next Big Thing is anyone’s game and where there is, in fact, such a thing as a free lunch (or at least a massive valuation). Despite its past spectacular failures, the Valley has continued to birth the greatest businesses of the digital age while somehow building on its astonishing economic impact—this boomtown refuses to bust.
Illustration: Eric Fischer

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