Fred Wilson (A VC) somehow dominates HN last New year as well... And was so completely wrong it’s shocking anyone would promote him year after year.
It’s obvious to me people are doing so only because they WANT all these predictions to come true not that they have any basis in reality. It’s bubble talk for bubble people, no offense.
His solution to NN (which we all died from, remember?) was “blockchain”.
Here he is last year heavily propped up for saying Trump wouldn’t be in office after Mueller probe... Remember the Mueller results? Anyone not involved in hyper partisan politics knew it was going to be a dud. https://avc.com/2019/01/what-is-going-to-happen-in-2019/
Just browsing his previous predictions just makes more curious how he gets spotlights here every year. 2018 he made a list “questions” answering only some himself, about 1/2 wrong. And 2017 is just... well... AI isn’t the new Mobile, Cyberwarfare isn’t the new Cold War: https://avc.com/2017/01/what-is-going-to-happen-in-2017/
And was so completely wrong it’s shocking anyone would promote him year after year.
This is a misunderstanding of how voting/promoting works. If someone is wrong you may want to promote them as much as someone who is right in the hopes of enlightening the masses.
Also, you may disagree with something and find it interesting still. In that case upvoting makes sense.
Upvoting != Agreeing. Unfortunately, when you do not have a button for agreeing or disagreeing, you are inclined to use the Vote button.
It’s obvious to me people are doing so only because they WANT all these predictions to come true not that they have any basis in reality. It’s bubble talk for bubble people, no offense.
His solution to NN (which we all died from, remember?) was “blockchain”.
Here he is last year heavily propped up for saying Trump wouldn’t be in office after Mueller probe... Remember the Mueller results? Anyone not involved in hyper partisan politics knew it was going to be a dud. https://avc.com/2019/01/what-is-going-to-happen-in-2019/
Just browsing his previous predictions just makes more curious how he gets spotlights here every year. 2018 he made a list “questions” answering only some himself, about 1/2 wrong. And 2017 is just... well... AI isn’t the new Mobile, Cyberwarfare isn’t the new Cold War: https://avc.com/2017/01/what-is-going-to-happen-in-2017/