PaperBelt

the NewEconomy RustBelt. cf Rao 3rd-gen management (2020-09-25) Rao Fifth Generation Management. The Paper Belt consists of four metropolitan areas where several important industries and political infrastructures converged during the post-war era: Boston (education), New York City (publishing, finance), Los Angeles (media, Hollywood) and Washington, D.C. (politics, law)... It came into attention[dubious – discuss] after Balaji Srinivasan's 2013 talk titled Silicon Valley’s ultimate exit.[3][4][5] In the context of the talk, the term was used as a contrast with the emerging influence-structure of Silicon Valley. https://en.everybodywiki.com/Paper_Belt ((2013-11-22) Balaji Srinivasan Cloud Exit)

Nov'2022 Michael Gibson book on the founding and development of the Thiel fellowship program: Paper Belt on Fire ISBN:164177245X