"A history that’s only written to flatter our present omits the smaller stories, the minor hopes of making a living rather than ruling the world." From Hua Hsu: tales of old Silicon Valley, in the heyday of Tower Records, when apricots outnumbered microchips and Hwy 85 was a vision of the future.

Silicon Valley CircuitsRoute 85 in California now inspires dread. Some of us remember when it was a vision of the future.placesjournal.org