{"id":613,"date":"2017-01-30T21:49:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/?p=613"},"modified":"2017-01-30T21:49:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:49:07","slug":"digital-divide-and-conquer-trump-has-a-brilliant-plan-to-turn-silicon-valley-into-a-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/2017\/01\/30\/digital-divide-and-conquer-trump-has-a-brilliant-plan-to-turn-silicon-valley-into-a-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"DIGITAL DIVIDE AND CONQUER \u2013 Trump has a brilliant plan to turn Silicon Valley into a desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Over the past several weeks, an uncertainty has existed in the United States, and even the world, as to how the new US President \u2013 Donald Trump, will affect the tech industry and Silicon Valley. In a recent Newsweek article\u00a0(Maney, 2017), Kevin Maney keyed in on five major sectors targeted by the Trump Campaign rhetoric, that if followed through on by the new administration, could stifle growth and innovation. The \u00a0areas discussed included \u201cHumle the Technology Industry\u201d, \u201cDismiss Alternative Energy\u201d, \u201cDerail Health Care\u201d, \u201cIgnore Russian Hacking\u201d, and \u201cShift resources from Cities to small Towns and Rural areas\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I see the next four years in two views. The first will be in alignment with the negative actions described by Maney as to the effects of Trump\u2019s promised policies, but I also envision a second outlook, not mentioned by Maney. This overlooked \u00a0observation would include an uprising, powered by immigrants and the same technology that Trump\u2019s action is predicted to suppress, that would overcome his actions, and in the end, keep the Valley on track producing some of the most innovative tech companies in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Maney, K. (2017, January 27). DIGITAL DIVID AND CONQUER- Trump has a brilliant plan to turn Silicon Valley into a desert. <em>Newsweek<\/em>, pp. 46-47.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past several weeks, an uncertainty has existed in the United States, and even the world, as to how the new US President \u2013 Donald Trump, will affect the tech industry and Silicon Valley. In a recent Newsweek article\u00a0(Maney, 2017), Kevin Maney keyed in on five major sectors targeted by the Trump Campaign rhetoric, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/2017\/01\/30\/digital-divide-and-conquer-trump-has-a-brilliant-plan-to-turn-silicon-valley-into-a-desert\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DIGITAL DIVIDE AND CONQUER \u2013 Trump has a brilliant plan to turn Silicon Valley into a desert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1853,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"dthomas","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/author\/dthomas\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/finis\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Over the past several weeks, an uncertainty has existed in the United States, and even the world, as to how the new US President \u2013 Donald Trump, will affect the tech industry and Silicon Valley. 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