Silicon Valley is erecting a monument to itself. Will it be a giant robo-phallus? | James Felton
by James Felton from Technology | The Guardian on (#4AZWZ)
How will today's noble tech titans honour their achievements in a single statue? We run through the obvious options
Every city has a landmark that celebrates what its people love. France has the Eiffel Tower, which is both astonishingly beautiful and admittedly a bit penisy. New York has the Empire State Building, which is the same but bigger. Rome has the Colosseum, to celebrate an oiled-up Russell Crowe.
Now Silicon Valley power-brokers want to honour the thing they truly love, by building their own massive monument to themselves. The San Jose Light Tower Corporation has raised $1m to create a statue that honours Silicon Valley itself. They hope to raise up to $150m for a "great idea", according to the New York Times.
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