At the end of December 2009, I published a set of predictions about both my personal life and what the technology industry would look like a decade later—in 2020. I got a lot correct, I’m proud to say, especially about the big picture of social issues resulting from technological change.
But I also made some big mistakes in forecasting, from which I hope to learn for the next decade.
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