shift-to-information-economy

The chapter chronicles Doug Menuez's fifteen-year photographic documentation of Silicon Valley's innovators during the digital revolution, beginning with Steve Jobs and the NeXT computer project. It explores the culture, personalities, and risks behind technological breakthroughs, highlighting the human cost and emotional intensity of innovation. Menuez captures the transition from a manufacturing to an information economy and the shift from idealistic beginnings to the dot-com gold rush.