So following the capital: Heavy investment from government, typically military, especially during cold war era. Which also forced investment from the "enemies"
Into culture golden age where going from records to 8-tracks to cassettes to cds to dvds to digital. The same product was able to sell multiple times creating large wealth that would need to be invested.
Next, you need high education, with a tapped talent pipeline so that the talent doesnt leave. Then also a culture that's against the typical; no stability, constantly looking for a new job.
The theory here though was distilled. Hong Kong experiment compounded with their 8 free trade zones and the neighboring ones like Shenzhen. Followed by many African ones, loads in UAE. Several across europe. Canada even has several now. Whereas the USA has only the virgin islands.
Mexico? Nothing at all. You have none of these milestones ready so you're decades away from ever getting your valley.
Step 1. Port Vallarta becomes a tech free trade zone.
Step 2. A major electrical investment that makes electricity in that region essentially free to everyone and highly reliable.
Step 3. Tooling for automated tech is subsidized, but restricted from leaving the region.
Bender•1h ago
While this has already been done a bunch of times one would also want to put together a think tank consisting of people form the Department of Defense, the defense industry, intelligence community, academia specifically Stanford SRI and Harvard, financial analysts from In-Q-Tel, existing think tanks. I am intentionally leaving out some groups and commissions.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Xxi0b9trY [video][44 mins][documentary]