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So much of life is pure luck, being in the right place at the right time.
This is not that.
This is not that.
Here are some other examples of tech visionaries:
Aug 2006: Elon Musk publishes "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan"
https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me">https://www.tesla.com/blog/secr...
Aug 2006: Elon Musk publishes "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan"
https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me">https://www.tesla.com/blog/secr...
May 1995: Bill Gates writes an internal memo titled "The Internet Tidal Wave"
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/internet-tidal-wave.html">https://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/i...
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/internet-tidal-wave.html">https://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/i...
2003: Ben Affleck predicts the rise of streaming services like Spotify and Netflix and explains the economics behind the business models.
1999: David Bowie explains why the internet is not just another tool, why it’s not simply a different delivery system
1967: Educational video (produced with consultants from Bell Labs) predicts the future of e-commerce, video conferencing, and social networks.
By contrast... https://twitter.com/alecstapp/status/1105826226080497665?s=21">https://twitter.com/alecstapp...
June 1997: Jeff Bezos explains why attention is the ultimate scarce commodity in the age of the internet (and why word-of-mouth & earned media were so important to Amazon& #39;s growth).
(h/t @BrianRoemmele)
(h/t @BrianRoemmele)
June 1997: Jeff Bezos explains why print advertising is so much worse than online advertising ("a marketer& #39;s nirvana"), effectively predicting the rise of ad-based business models years before Google and Facebook were founded.
(h/t @BrianRoemmele)
(h/t @BrianRoemmele)
