Quote of the Day: 26 October 2007

Paul Saffo, a technology consultant who teaches at Stanford, says the valley owes much of its success to the remnants of a "frontier culture that disrespects elders, values risk-taking and honors failure" in a way that is simply inconceivable in a government or financial center.

Paul Saffo, in Steven Pearlstein (2007). "Over the Rainbow In Silicon Valley". Washington Post. October 26, 2007; Page D01