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+**Californian ideology** refers to the dominant ideology of Silicon Valley,
+as described by the British media theorists Barbrook and Cameron in their
+1995 essay "The Californian Ideology". The ideology is very influential
+because of the ubiquity of Californian technology products, as well as
+because [[siliconization]] has made it prominent in computing industries all
+around the world.
+
+Californian ideology combines growth-oriented and individualistic
+[[neoliberalism]] with elements from the U.S. counterculture of the
+1960s-1970s. It embraces ideas such as cyber-utopianism, techno-determinism,
+transhumanism and extropianism. Notably, it often attempts to constitute
+holistic world views where computing (as well as economic growth) has an
+essential role down to the metaphysical level.
+
+From the permacomputing point of view, Californian ideology can be regarded
+as a kind of anti-example – how not to build a holistic world view around
+computing and high technology. While some of its root ideas are good
+(including the use of computers for self-improvement), they have been
+banalized by the growth-obsessive techno-capitalism.
+
+External links:
+
+* [The 2007 revised version of the original essay](http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/the-californian-ideology-2/)
