Finally, science explains Silicon Valley. People living in the west were more likely to have personality traits that matched those associated with entrepreneurial behavior — that means higher scores on extroversion, conscientiousness, and openness, and lower scores on agreeableness and neuroticism, according to survey data from 619,397 Americans across the country. The researchers think this could be an after-effect of « the more ‘entrepreneurial’ early settlers who took the challenge and ventured from the East into the West (or from outside of America such as from Asia into the West). » In other words: Their ancestors battled dysentery so their descendents could … build apps and stuff.

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