Adam Breckler

Via: Paul Kedrosky Via Steve Jurvetson Via Ray Kurzweil

The Old Paradigm: Rely on quasi-monopoly and second-rate legacy products to squeeze users starved of choice for every last penny (*cough* Microsoft, *cough* *cough*).

The New Paradigm: Put end-users first and profits will follow. (Google).

Much can be said about the corporate cultures (particularly Google’s) which have in part enabled this brand of user-centric thinking, but that [...]

I’ve been wondering for awhile, how come in the face of deflationary pressures (decrease in price/performance ratio), the amount of overall $ consumed of technology continues to rise. As it turns out the answer is actually quite obvious, or so it is made to seem by the omniscient

It’s hard not to be wildly optimistic about what the future holds when Ray Kurzweil lays it out it so matter-of-factly.
Our intuition is linear, so many scientists think in linear terms and expect that the slow pace of the past will characterize the future. But the reality of progress in information technology is exponential, not [...]