November 28, 2022· 42 min

This Is What Happens to Silicon Valley in a Downturn

Margaret O'Mara

Orality

Model

87%

Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,482 words)

M:28%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,020 words)

M:28%

GuestMargaret O'Mara(0 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic38%

obviously, very, literally

Engagement56%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, right

Repetition100%

know (147x), like (61x), it's (55x)

Parallelism86%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And what's kind of remarkable ..., And, you know, like, the story...

Sound Patterns54%

45 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases7%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging10%

could, maybe, quite

Passive Voice7%

been promoted, was reminded, being buoyed

Abstract Nouns20%

investment, attention, question

Subordination6%

because, while, until

Sentence Length44%

Avg: 16.0 words/sentence

Word Complexity49%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style44%

460 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style79%

obviously, literally, really

Description

The US economy may not be in a recession, but Silicon Valley, which had a mega-boom throughout the 2010s, is in a downturn. Tech stocks have tanked and almost every day there are new reports about industry layoffs. So what happens next? What happens to its unique corporate culture? What happens to management and employees? On this episode, we speak with Margaret O'Mara, a professor at the University of Washington and the author of the book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. We talk about the history of Silicon Valley's upside-down moments and how the industries that have dominated the region have changed over time, particularly as government money comes in and out of the picture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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