The know-it-alls: the rise of Silicon Valley as a political powerhouse and social wrecking ball

Introduction: "To serve man"

John McCarthy: "Solving today's problems tomorrow"

Frederick Terman: "Stanford can be a dominating factor in the West"

Bill Gates: "Most of all you steal your software"

Marc Andreesen: "By the power vested in me by no one in particular"

Jeff Bezos: "When it's tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?"

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: "It was like, wow, maybe we really should start a company now"

Peter Theil: "Monopolists lie to protect themselves"

Reid Hoffman et al.: "My membership in a notable corporate alumni group in Silicon Valley has opened the door ..."

Jimmy Wales: "Wikipedia is something special"

Mark Zuckerberg: "Nerds win"

The future: "Local, small-scale, active."