[CodeMage]

This is total bullshit. The argument is that Hollywood and Silicon Valley have a "symbiotic relationship" because Hollywood "inspires" techies to innovate and invent new things. The article and the video reference cult sci-fi movies and series as the source of inspiration and then proceed to grossly exaggerate the importance of that "contribution" to Silicon Valley.

First of all, Hollywood is not the entity responsible for this inspiration. The source of inspiration are artists who came up with that stuff, not Hollywood. As a matter of fact, almost all of the stuff you see in Hollywood sci-fi movies is taken from one or more books. Whether the desire to innovate is something innate or not is a discussion beyond the scope of a simple comment. But the influence of Hollywood as such is greatly exaggerated: Hollywood does not equate art.

Second, a lot of true innovations were done quite differently from what you see in Hollywood movies. Ironically, the article points this out: "Captain Kirk’s communicators didn’t receive emails, browse the web, or play music", unlike iPhone. With all due respect, Gene Rodenberry's contribution to our geek subculture is undeniably substantial, but he's far from being a Jules Verne.

Third, the whole thing about the music being "the first social network" is crap. Social networks form around personal tastes -- among other things -- but that doesn't make music itself a social network.

One thing the article got right is that Hollywood and Silicon Valley have a "market" relationship: one produces the tech the other needs. Now that's a "symbiotic relationship" I can believe in.