The outpouring of support for the teenager who was arrested in Texas — after authorities mistook the home-made clock he brought to school for a bomb — is rooted in the American love for tools and thingamajigs. The police excess violated a very basic American creed: let kids tinker, regardless of whether they become tailor or soldier or spy. From Dave Hewlett and Bill Packard, whose messing with gizmos and gadgetry in their garage led to HP, and indeed the term ‘garage start-up’, to Bill Gates and Paul Allen, whose mucking with computers and programming resulted in an operating system and a giant corporation, America’s world domination is built on curiosity and enterprise. This is particularly true of Silicon Valley, the world’s tech crucible and an entrepreneurial microcosm that has opened its arms to the world. Its eco-system nurtures immigrant initiative and is also enriched by it. Indeed, one of the first internet memes to emerge after the Texas episode showed a young Steve Jobs,...
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