Juan Orbea

Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their high energy as hyperactivity, their persistence as nagging, their imagination as not paying attention, their passion as being disruptive, their strong emotions and sensitivity as immaturity, and their creativity and self-directedness as oppositional. 

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The truly interesting stuff is the governance innovation: using network states to organize in ways that would actually not be possible under existing regulations. 

Andy Kessler on the other hand, states that innovation on the computers' and digital fronts (citing Moore's Law amongst other things) is not something you should easily discard as non-innovative. He goes back to the discovery of oil in Philadelphia during the 19th century and the creation of a massive industry in the following decades.

Founders Fund recently hosted a panel on defense: a conversation at the intersection of the U.S. government and the technology industry, or D.C. vs. Silicon Valley. Moderated by Dan Primack, and featuring Chris Lynch, Heather Podesta, and Trae Stephens.