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From: bentway	6/21/2016 12:10:30 PM
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The Unexpected Story of How This Tiny Country Became the Most Tech-Savvy on Earth Jake Horowitz mic.com excerpt: Stylish young entrepreneurs donning posh designer suits huddle around their MacBooks, sipping artisanal lattes and feverishly typing away as house music booms in the background. Dozens of hackers queue for lunch in a bustling courtyard outfitted with gourmet food trucks, pingpong tables and pop-up art installations. This is a scene that could be easily hand-plucked out of the heart of downtown San Francisco. Yet it's taking place thousands of miles away, at the Latitude59 tech conference in the tiny Baltic nation of Estonia. If you're like most Americans, you probably can't find Estonia on a map — but make no mistake, Estonia has found you. Over the past two decades, this former Soviet-controlled nation — home to just 1.3 million people, or under one-sixth the size of New York City — has quietly become one of the most tech-savvy countries on earth. Estonia is the 79th smallest country in the world by population but holds the world record in startups per person. It has among the world's fastest broadband speeds. The country teaches every kid how to code. Nearly all government services are conducted online. Citizens can access their health records in the cloud and pay for parking with their mobile phones. Talk to the average Estonians and they practically ooze entrepreneurship. Residents take pride in how they've built a collective culture of innovation; famed Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen recently tweeted about his love for Estonian founders, after leading a $58 million fundraising round for TransferWise, a peer-to-peer money-transfer startup started by two Estonian founders in 2011...

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