It feels odd, really - how one tale keeps playing out across America. From a tiny crew working nights in a cluttered garage… to making what most folks ignore completely when it shows up. Then, somehow, within just a handful of years, the invention slips into speech like it was always there. Not searching now - just “Googling,” flat out. Forget booking cabs; everyone simply “Ubers” instead. Some nations are full of skilled people. Others hold vast sums of money. Yet just one spot keeps transforming odd tests into worldwide routines. The pattern stands out - not luck, but design shapes it. Still, plenty of places have taken a shot at copying it. Names pop up now and then - Silicon Wadi, Silicon Fen, Silicon Savannah. They’ve got the basics down on paper: innovation centers, new business support, money flowing in. Yet few ever gain that kind of momentum. Underneath it all, things shift. What matters hides below the surface. A single spark isn’t enough if it dies when the wind shifts. When...