The only thing he says with which the wizard strongly disagrees is his answer to the question, “True or false… Everybody puts too much emphasis on tech entrepreneurs at the expense of other kinds of entrepreneurs.”
Gary says, “False. Technology is going to eat the world.”
The correct answer, of course, is “True.”
Tech entrepreneurs are the railroad builders and oil well drillers of today. Railroads and oil wells remain important but they’re no longer ‘new ideas,’ so they’ve slipped into the realm of Yesterday’s News. Computers in 50 years will be so completely taken for granted that digital innovations will no longer be news. At least that’s what Wizzo says.