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The next 20 years

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Above is a screenshot from a presentation about the future of tech that Benedict Evans gave last week at venture capital firm a16z’s annual conference. And below is a video of the talk. If you can’t see it, click here.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF5VIwDYIJk&w=560&h=315]

The talk is positioned as “the end of the beginning.” In other words, here is where the internet and smartphones have taken us, but that’s just the beginning. Quote: “We used to do apartment listings [online] and now Opendoor will buy your home.”

It’s only 24 minutes and well worth a watch.

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