{"id":11151,"date":"2016-05-27T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=11151"},"modified":"2023-06-05T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:19:47","slug":"cartoon-of-the-week-42-en-route-to-the-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/cartoon-of-the-week-42-en-route-to-the-silicon-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon of the Week – \u201c42,\u201d En Route to the Silicon Valley!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Xavier Niel<\/strong>, the French business man, founder of Free<\/em><\/strong>, an innovative telecommunications and Internet company, barges the Silicon Valley\u2026and he\u2019s not bringing croissants<\/em>!
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\nThis billionaire truly is a visionnaire<\/em>. In Paris in 2013, he launched his 42<\/em> school, a revolutionary top-range computing school, free and open to all. And it is the “free” part that totally blew away the Anglo-Saxons!<\/p>\n

42<\/strong><\/a> refers to the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> by Douglas Adams, and that number is, supposedly, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.<\/p>\n

Well, about 10 days ago, a release announced that Xavier Niel is about to open another \u201c42\u201d in Silicon Valley<\/strong>, investing $100m in order to make many young people\u2019s dreams come true without their being pushed into a lifelong debt.<\/p>\n

The school will use top-of-the-line equipment, including the latest iMac, and have a dormitory with 300 beds. By the way, \u201c42\u201d functions without teachers. It intends to make students collaborate and communicate together<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Whoever wants to join this school of the future can join without giving it a penny.
\nCandidates have to be motivated, ambitious, qualified, and between 18 and 30 years of age.<\/p>\n

Xavier Niel, who is very respected among American tech entrepreneurs, gives us quite a lesson on philanthropy here.<\/p>\n

Is the American Dream becoming French<\/strong>? After all, the Statue of Liberty (Enlightening the World) was a gift from the people of France to the United States\u2026<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more fun cartoons!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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