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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

The low-level conflict continued until the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis when the local Soviet commander shot down a U-2 over Cuba. This was a deadly game. pb4y-2 Privateer Navy ELINT We kept on probing their defenses convinced that it was in our national interest to continue.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

A local example was the Greenhouse pop up restaurant in Melbourne by Joost Baker – Which included vertical gardens and large amounts of material re-purposing. A Move back to vertical living – Years ago we used to live above the store, or behind the craftsman’s workshop. Cities are now becoming vertical again.

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