> Longer term, Son will have to do a better job articulating how his deals fit together. At the company's annual shareholders meeting in June, he closed with an

> Longer term, Son will have to do a better job articulating how his deals fit together. At the company's annual shareholders meeting in June, he closed with an awkward video the company has used for years to explain its view of technology’s future. It opens with a blond man wandering among stone ruins. “Sorrow is inherent to the human condition,” he says, staring into the camera. “Since the beginning of time, humans have sought to overcome sorrow.” The clip goes on to explain how technology will connect people on opposites sides of the world and allow them to share thoughts and ideas. It closes with the man wading through a field of waist-high grass. “Together we'll open the doors to a new century of happiness and joy,” he says. Bafflement ensued. > Even as his allies describe it, Son's vision seems like garden-variety optimism about a technological future that has been enunciated by many industry leaders: a trillion connected devices, generating data that will be analyzed by artificial intelligence to supposedly make the world a better place. This almost sounds like a Silicon Valley TV show parody, where Hooli’s CEO tries to articulate his vision of fixing the human condition in a series of awkward TV ads and speeches.