What do you think of when you heard the word California?  What do you think it's "ideology" might be?  If you work in or on high technology, that California ideology may be shaping the way that you work, the projects that you work on, and the business models that high technology pursues. 

What does it all mean?  The thinking that is driving the pursuit of certain developments in technology, such as robotics and artificial intelligence, and the rise of accelerationism need to be understood by looking at the underlying philosophies.  Join us as we dig deep to find out what's going on.

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