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		dfranke on Oct 7, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Future of Web Startups > Also there's the empirical argument: I can't think of one industry in history whose growth made the established centers irrelevant. How about textiles, after the spinning wheel came to Europe and the cottage industry developed?

pg on Oct 7, 2007 [–]

The spinning wheel replaced the distaff, which was even lower tech.

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