Episode 99 - Tech Trends of the 2010s
Aaron and I start by responding to listener emails, and talking about how our predictions are faring on Metaculus and PredictIt. Then we go over our short list of technological trends of the decade which includes:
- The ubiquity of mobile and cloud computing
- Consolidation of Social Networks
- Status of Wearables and Audio
- Populist Movements of all kinds fuels by mass communication
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
- AI, Machine Learning, and Personal Assistants
- Success and Failures of the “Uber for X” trend
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Links
Business Insider: The Decade of Social Media Consolidation
Bloomberg: Tech turns distopian
John Newbury: Giant Strides in Bitcoin
Decrypt.io: Jack Dorsey wants to Decentralize Twitter
The Diaspora Project (Early social Decentralization attempt from 2010)
Related Episodes
Episode 85 on the Metaculus Prediction Engine
Episode 66 with Dennis Crowley’s update on Industry Trends
Episode 50 on Bypassing Gatekeepers
Episode 43 on the Cycle of Adoption
