DARPA

Sharon WeinbergerNational security journalist and author of books on DARPA, nuclear sites, and Silicon Valley's role in warfare

• Weinberger argues the image of Silicon Valley as anti-military was always largely a myth, since the region grew out of military funding.

  “So there's this image that we have of Silicon Valley of like the anti-military. And what I argue is that was always a bit of a myth”

  Danny Jones Podcast: #441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon Weinberger (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 2:14:09

• Weinberger says successful black projects tend to be revealed once they are used, so the canceled failures are the ones the public never hears about.

  “a successful classified program, like a successful black project is hard to keep secret forever because you use it”

  Danny Jones Podcast: #441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon Weinberger (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 19:07

• Weinberger argues that science and technology change warfare but rarely solve its underlying problems.

  “science and technology can be the answer for a lot of things, but it rarely solves our problems”

  Danny Jones Podcast: #441 - DARPA Insider: Steve Jobs CIA Deal, Stargate Argentina & Facebook Weapon | Sharon Weinberger (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 13:53