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Re:The mean age of high-tech founders is 43, economists say by rch on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:05PM (#17911343)
I'd tweak that heuristic to say that you'll be entered into a lottery regardless, and as such it makes sense to figure out which revolution you're in the midst of.

In the 1960's you probably could have flipped a coin between tech and advertising.

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Re:The mean age of high-tech founders is 43, economists say by samsonradu on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @04:43PM (#17912616)
I would also add that it's not easy to tell which revolution you're in the midst of (if any).

VR technology was also thought to be a revolution a decade back and it hasn't really delivered. Or take crypto for instance. Is it a financial revolution that will build a mega-corp like Amazon or Google in the upcoming decades or will it slowly fade away.

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