... That’s because William Shockley was more or less a Nazi.

... (“The Treacherous Eight,” in tech lore)

This whole section is just a bit off, I feel like cory's political agenda is bending the story. They would have stayed and worked with him but not for him, they tried... They weren't "treacherous" they were traitorous.

As for the whole non compete MA vs CA... well the boston area is loaded with all sorts of labs, doing all sorts of drug dev still. The non competes make more sense in that industry, where projects take years, and you dont want anything to slip out before your patent is filed. Bad for one kind of tech, good for another kind... it was a choice.

Cory used to be great, he was fresh and pithy. Hes got a Stalman like zelosy now, without the monotonic message.