
Margaret O'Mara
@margaretomara
Bullitt Professor of American History @UW. Teacher, speaker, historian of Silicon Valley and author of THE CODE.
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“The two executives’ cage-fight announcement is ‘a reflection of a really tight monoculture of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people, most of whom are men’” said Margaret O'Mara to Lora Kelley of this unfortunately gross & pervasive reality. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk recently announced that they will be in a cage fight. Margaret O'Mara says it's “a reflection of a really tight monoculture of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people, most of whom are men.” Read more from Lora Kelley: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

For all you non-noncompete fans out there, check out this deep dive Bloomberg Law (with me as a guest on ep 3) news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Today's great read: this fascinating, revealing dive into some of the globe's last Internet cafes, long removed from their 1990s web-surfing origins. Glad to have the opportunity to comment for this feature Rest of World restofworld.org/2023/internet-…


It’s August, which means….publication month for #24/7 Politics! Want to learn about the origins of our divided media and politics? Preorder it today! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove… Huge thanks to Nicole Hemmer Kevin M. Kruse Heather Hendershot & Margaret O'Mara for such generous blurbs!



Really looking to being in conversation with the amazing Margaret O'Mara to discuss all things cable and politics. Come join us!

"Place-based economic development" can work but needs more money: Tim Bartik Jonathan Gruber Simon Johnson and myself make the case in Peter Coy New York Times Opinion column Brookings Metro


AI alarm is “less about the technology, but the ends to which it is being put, and the livelihoods it’s threatening as a result” — great column by Brian Merchant (and preview of his great new book!) latimes.com/business/techn…

Really appreciated this smart review by Will Oremus, including the shout-out to Ashlee Vance's excellent EM bio Elon Musk has his demons. Walter Isaacson does his best to dissect them. wapo.st/3r8NMMk

We are back and so excited to partner with @TIMEHistory. Check out today’s pieces (including my analysis of cable news & and a brilliant piece by Bruce Schulman) & pitch us your ideas!
