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Curious: Is there any technologies and their adoption that were successful that Economist was wrong, or right about?
by j45 2mo ago
Curious: Is there any technologies and their adoption that were successful that Economist was wrong, or right about?
- looksjjhg 2mo agoSo you don’t listen to the weather or use weather apps?
- RachelF 2mo agoMany. They did an overly generous self examination a few weeks ago. Generally, they are a trailing indicator, like someone appearing on the Forbes millionaire under 30 list (Theranos, FTX). However, they are not always wrong. Think of Economist writers as intelligent interns - people who couldn't make it in the world of finance, and with a particular ideological bent imposed on them by their editors.
- j45 2mo agoThe Economist had a fun article saying social media is not a business in 2008. I’ll try to dig up the link again.