This transformation was deliberate: the result of an active policy by the Taiwanese government to lure its people back from Silicon Valley. Li, the "father of Taiwan's Miracle," actively recruited restless and ambitious Taiwanese businessmen, many of whom felt like they'd hit a glass ceiling in the U.S., to return to Taiwan and start technology companies. Today on the show, the story of his journey from California's Silicon Valley to Asia's Silicon Island, and the seismic global shift it kicked off.