The next great moonshots won’t come from Silicon Valley alone

At the Rails, home to Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” I once found myself standing in line for Indian food with Sergey Brin in front of me and Astro Teller behind me. The Rails was no ordinary tech building. It was a place where ideas were birthed, killed, and sometimes launched into the stratosphere. Think Waymo and Wing. To find myself wedged between two of the most recognizable names in moonshot innovation felt electric, like I was standing in a current of unlimited potential. And then, a…