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Introduction Compact
Eric Brynjolfsson’s and Andrew McAfee’s book The Second Machine Age was the spark that initiated my search for exponential growth.

The authors suggest that the First Machine Age was The Industrial Revolution which introduced machines that were driven by steam and electricity to dramatically extended the muscle capabilities of humans.

The authors claim that the Second Machine Age has become the Digital Revolution. The use of digital technologies is extending the mental capabilities of humans. The underlying reason for this extension is that digital technologies can access and analyze larger amounts of data – faster – than can humans.

Select here for an illustration of how Google used Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning to achieve absolute supremacy in the mentally challenging ancient game of Go.

However, from an investor’s perspective, the Digital Revolution’s main impact is – and will continue to be – in the world of business. And, that impact is occurring faster and more pervasively than many investors realize.

Consider the following:

Facebook, launched in 2004, is the world’s most popular media owner and creates no content.

YouTube, launched in 2005, uploads more than 400 hours of videos every minute and creates none of it.

Airbnb, launched in 2008, is the world’s largest accommodation provider and owns no real estate.

Uber, launched in 2009, is the world’s largest taxi company and owns no vehicles.

As a final illustration of the speed and pervasiveness of new technology, more than a billion Apple iPhones have been bought since it was launched in 2007.

Clearly, the above illustrations share one overarching characteristic – exponential growth!

Why is this speed and pervasiveness happening now?

“There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization and 2003, but that much information is now created every two days.”

Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google

Equally as important, the Internet enables the sharing of that information, and the importance of that sharing can be illustrated by the following:

Five individuals walk into a room and exchange $5 bills. The five individuals subsequently leave that room, each with one $5 bill.

In contrast . . .

Five individuals walk into a room and exchange ideas. The five individuals subsequently leave that room, each with five ideas!

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872We’d have more quantum computers if it weren’t so hard to find the damn cables Paul H. Christiansen-last Thursday
871Qualcomm: Expect over 30 5G devices in 2019, ‘the year of 5G’ Having gotten itPaul H. Christiansen-January 8
870Corsair shrunk the RGB LED down to be as small as the head of a pin Can I intPaul H. Christiansen-January 8
869Did IBM just reveal first commercial quantum computer? IBM at CES 2019 outlinesPaul H. Christiansen-January 8
868Turing GPUs at Heart of 40+ Models from All Major OEMs, Enabling Fastest, ThinnePaul H. Christiansen-January 7
867The Trade War Is Over, We Won In The Tyranny of the Status Quo, Milton and RoPaul H. Christiansen-January 5
866Andrew Ng, formerly the head of AI for Chinese Internet company Baidu and the crPaul H. Christiansen-January 4
865Behind Apple’s China Slowdown: Changing Consumer Habits In October, Wang MengsPaul H. Christiansen-January 4
864AI Will Create Millions More Jobs Than It Will Destroy. Here’s How In the paPaul H. Christiansen-January 4
863Forbes writers will use AI to pen their rough drafts Contrary to popular beliPaul H. Christiansen-January 4
862Google Has the All-Important AI Edge Over Microsoft Microsoft ( MSFT) and AlphPaul H. Christiansen-January 3
861“I think Cook's genuine and inherent humility holds Apple back on days like Paul H. Christiansen-January 3
860Big Questions for Tech in 2019 Rather than write a predictions column, I’d inPaul H. Christiansen-January 3
859Big Tech May Look Troubled, but It’s Just Getting Started Silicon Valley ended Paul H. Christiansen-January 3
858Top Tech Predictions for 2019 Though it’s a year shy of the big decade markerPaul H. Christiansen-January 3
857Sony Boosts 3D Camera Output After Interest From Phone Makers Sony Corp., the bPaul H. Christiansen-12/28/2018
8562018-12-13 - Data Center/Cloud Platform Total Addressable Market (TAM) ExpansionPaul H. Christiansen-12/14/2018
855China has never had a real chip industry. Making AI chips could change that. Paul H. Christiansen-12/14/2018
854Intel’s New Architecture Extends and Enables New Markets One of the knocks onPaul H. Christiansen-12/12/2018
853Rushing to 5G I am spending most of the week at the Qualcomm Snapdragon SummitPaul H. Christiansen-12/8/2018
8522018-12-7 - How Subscriptions Are Remaking Corporate America When Microsoft lPaul H. Christiansen-12/8/2018
851The Promising Business That Could Pull Apple Out of its Tailspin Shares of ApPaul H. Christiansen-12/8/2018
850DeepMind claims early progress in AI-based predictive protein modelling Google Paul H. Christiansen-12/3/2018
849Samsung will release a 5G phone in 2019 Samsung tipped its hand yet again, rePaul H. Christiansen-12/3/2018
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