Benedict Evans
Person on 4 sites
Technology analyst whose weekly email on tech reaches over 150,000 readers. Publishes essays and an annual presentation on where the industry is going.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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16 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Another platform shift, not a break in history: the new technology will be built on for ten or fifteen years, then something else will replace it. (opens korrents.com)
“My sort of base case is to say this is kind of another platform shift and all the new stuff will be built around this for the next 10 or 15 years and then there'll be something else and so the impact on employment will…”
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Being certain a technology matters tells you almost nothing about where its value will end up being captured. (opens korrents.com)
“It wasn't clear that the browser wasn't where the value capture was cuz Microsoft crowbarred its way into dominance in browsers but that turned out not to matter and then all the value is in search advertising and…”
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Incumbents have looked unbeatable at the start of every previous platform shift and have still lost. (opens korrents.com)
“I'm pretty sure people thought Microsoft had an advantage on the internet and Google and um Meta had an advantage on mobile and everyone thought IBM was going to win PCs. Like once IBM made a PC, that was it. It's all…”
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Another platform shift, not a break in history: the new technology will be built on for ten or fifteen years, then something else will replace it. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Iliad (opens rcmnd.app)
“The “Iliad” really stood out for me, that was probably a couple of weeks ago.”
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The Iliad (opens rcmnd.app)