Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 56 Licking!
Although Ethan Jones couldn't figure out where this ridiculous law in California came from, on the way home, his sister Evelyn Johnson provided him with a solution.

The United States may not be a country built entirely on science and technology, but it is definitely a technologically strong country.

During WW2, Vannevar Bush's Scientific Research Bureau performed well during the war and brought great benefits to the United States. Therefore, in 44, seeing the charm of scientific and technological progress, when WW2 was about to end, the United States asked Vannevar Bush four questions.

The first question is how to bring wartime technology into people's lives as quickly as possible while ensuring military security.

In response to the questions raised by Mi Shizu, Dr. Vannevar consulted other scientists and wrote a report titled "Science: Endless Frontiers", in which he stated that scientists have their own freedom in research and development and have the right to decide in what fields their inventions will be used.

Evelyn, who was leaning on the co-pilot seat, held her chin with one hand and said with a smile, "In Dr. Vannevar's eyes, the personal freedom of technology developers cannot be restricted. If he wants to do scientific research in a university, then let him do scientific research in a university. If he wants to work in a government department, then the government department should provide him with a convenient environment. At the same time, the developers of a technology are the ones who understand the technology best, and they have the right to decide whether their inventions should be kept confidential."

“Although these things are difficult to achieve in reality, it is easy to understand why California has established laws based on this free thinking. After all, if California wants to develop, it needs more scientific and technological achievements.”

"Depending solely on agriculture and ordinary manufacturing, the economy here will only grow steadily, not see a qualitative leap."

At this point, Evelyn paused.

His face was full of self-mockery, "Of course, up to now, we still don't know what technology will bring."

"Because the only famous ones now are HP, Intel, and Fairchild, right?"

“These companies have indeed brought some changes to California, but it’s not a qualitative leap…

"To be honest, we didn't see it ourselves."

Ethan raised an eyebrow at his sister's words.

Because he knew that what brought about California's qualitative leap was the real popularization of computers.

When computers entered thousands of households, the technologies of Silicon Valley really came into their own.

As for the key to open this door...

While ensuring safe driving, Ethan also turned his head and glanced at the other person.

The exquisite profile of the passenger seat made him smile, "A qualitative leap is about to come."

"Because the key to open that door is 6502."

“People may not know your name, but those in the industry will definitely remember your efforts.”

"Because it was you who woke me up and asked me to help Chuck Petrus and the others solve their legal problems."

"The scientists who benefit from this will thank you."

"Oh - Ethan -" Evelyn laughed foolishly, "Your words are too corny."

She was looking at the scenery and tilted her head to look at her brother and said, "Why do you describe yourself as a villain?"

"There's no other way. It's to support your greatness." Ethan made a witty remark, "Behind every successful Superman, there is a jerk who is trying to destroy the world. If this jerk is also Superman's family member, then this Superman is even greater because he places righteousness above family loyalty."

"Hahaha--"

Ethan's words made Evelyn laugh.

His right hand kept hitting the car door.

It took her a long time to recover.

In order to prevent his sister from fainting from happiness, Ethan decisively changed the subject.

"Okay, no kidding, Evelyn, I want to know why California thinks this way? Why do they think they will lead the technological revolution?" Ethan asked, "Don't other states have this idea?"

Yes, this is actually what makes Ethan strange.

If the rise of Stanford and the birth of Silicon Valley are due to Stanford's support for Fred Terman, then what about California? As a region with independent legislative power, why do they also firmly believe that they will be the next core of the world?
If the outdated laws were to be amended based on development results, Ethan could still understand it.

But now...

The laws to promote communication are already in place!
This kind of foresight is too outrageous!
And Ethan's question made Evelyn stretch.

"Ethan, other states would certainly have the same idea, but Dr. Vannevar only has so many students."

"Every university wants to hire his students to do scientific research, but only Stanford can guarantee that it can hire Fred Terman to teach, because Fred Terman's father, Lewis Terman, is a professor at Stanford." "WTF?!!!"

Ethan suspected that there was something wrong with his ears!

The most powerful president in Stanford's history was trained by Stanford itself?

What the hell!

What the hell is this?
You can't win the lottery like this!

And his surprise made Evelin chuckle, "Surprised, right?"

“Actually, I was also surprised when I entered Stanford on my first day.”

“Because our teachers told us directly that our School of Engineering is the most prestigious school in Stanford.”

“Not only because HP came out of here, but also because President Fred Terman will never leave Stanford.”

"All researchers may be poached by other schools, except President Fred Terman, because when he was ten years old, he was already playing on the Stanford campus. That was in 1910, right? At that time, his father, Lewis Terman, was hired by Stanford as a professor of educational psychology, and later he was promoted to the head of the psychology department."

"Before his death, his father had been teaching at Stanford because he liked this place, and President Fred Terman grew up here. This feeling built up over time cannot be shaken by others."

"Some media said that it was an accident that Fred Terman taught at Stanford because he received an offer from MIT after graduation. He only stayed at Stanford because he contracted tuberculosis when he came back to visit his father."

"But in fact..."

"As far as we know, before he came back, Stanford, knowing that he was a student of Dr. Vannevar, had already prepared a professorship for him in radio engineering and appointed him as the director of the Electronic Communications Laboratory."

"Do you think other schools don't want to poach people?"

"Do not……"

"They just can't dig it out."

"More importantly, Principal Fred was only twenty-five when he became the dean."

At this point, Evelyn also stared at Ethan with a straight look.

Feeling the burning gaze, Ethan, who was driving, immediately glanced at the rearview mirror in the middle of the car.

When Evelyn captured this behavior, she pursed her lips and said, "So you know why California thinks it can lead technological change? Because Stanford University gave them hope."

"And the reality proves that everyone's predictions are correct."

"Because before Dr. Vannevar presented the report 'The Endless Frontier', President Fred Terman had already learned from his teacher that the other party wanted to vigorously promote the development of scientific research in universities."

"He told Stanford about this, and when the Endless Frontier report came out, Fred Terman was promoted to vice president of the school. Then, he used this name to communicate with the scientists of the Wartime Research Bureau."

"At the time, he was at Harvard, under the leadership of Dr. Vannevar, and he was in charge of a research project of more than 800 people. Under that situation, he told the scientists there that the war was about to end and Stanford wanted to invite everyone to do research..."

"What do you think those scientists think? Many of them thought that President Fred conveyed Dr. Vannevar's will, and many people who were willing to follow Dr. Vannevar came to Stanford."

“And then, the next year, the Stanford Research Institute was founded.”

'...'

Ok!

Ethan was deeply moved by his sister's story.

If California's permissive environment was created by the influx of scientists after the war, then the outrageous legal provisions make sense.

After all, this law protects the interests of California's largest source of income, those war-proven scientists!

They are the foundation of America's success!
When these people cannot control their own inventions, where does the motivation for research come from?
So, how can it be called plagiarism if the patent inventor copies his own work?
This is clearly just a restudy of past scientific research results!

What about those capitalists who hold patent rights?
Without patents developed by scientists, how could there be capitalists who profit from them?

Note: ① Fred Terman's father Lewis Terman is very famous. He conducted the longest-running longitudinal study in psychology, the "Terman Gifted Study", and he also standardized the "Binet Intelligence Scale" for IQ tests. ② Fred Terman's story of poaching people for Stanford is quite interesting. He poached Harvard's talents on the Harvard campus and told those scientists directly that they could get better treatment by going to Stanford. If he had not been a student of Vannevar, he would have been kicked out long ago. ③ The Stanford Research Institute is a long-term plan. Stanford wanted to do it in 1920. The trustee at that time was Michenzom, but it did not succeed because Michenzom was not an academic and had no resources. Later in 45, Lockheed wanted to do it and pulled in the Illinois Institute of Technology to provide scientific research power for Stanford, but it did not work out. The third time, Fred Terman, the president whose family lived in Stanford, became the president. Compared with the previous two times, Fred Terman, who was backed by Vannevar, had a natural advantage in scientific research. The Bay Area's efforts to develop technology were not a one-day thing; it took more than years to accomplish this. Of course, no one expected that they would be able to hold on to such a big sponsor in the end.

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