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Amy Webb
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Airplanes and trains, mostly.
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Quantitative Futurist. Author. Finding tech trends and modeling risk/opportunity scenarios at @FTI. Prof @NYUStern. @Thinkers50 Radar Award. USJLP Fellow.
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I'm just going to say it. Uber (and to a lesser extent Lyft) has ruined Manhattan. Traveling less than a mile in midtown now takes 30 min by car. This is the result of no long term planning. Also result of protecting the status quo (medallion system) for too many years.
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Amy Webb
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I'd like to thank @fujitv for completely ruining my productivity during flights the past two weeks.
I 👏 CAN 👏 NOT 👏 STOP 👏 WATCHING 👏 THIS 👏 DAMN 👏 SHOW 👏. #terracehouse pic.twitter.com/Oau5EQaUu8
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Amy Webb
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It's hard not to look at the growth and acceptance of isolationism and populism in the West, the consolidation of power underway in China and Russia, the rise of powerful new technologies, and certain language used by POTUS not see plausible catastrophic scenarios on the horizon
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Amy Webb
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Spent time at the WWII Museum in New Orleans, and I was struck by this sign. As a futurist, my job is to continually listen for weak signals and to map scenarios. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/CHsIHERGPa
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Tom Simonite
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"Hooli isn't just another high tech company. Hooli isn't just about software. Hooli is about people." —Gavin Belson, Hooli, 2014
"Facebook is truly the only company that’s singularly about people. Not about selling devices...Just about people." —David Marcus, Facebook, 2018
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Amy Webb
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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Systemic change requires thinking exponentially while acting incrementally, and it requires assuming some risk. This is not how news orgs operate. (Nor how most industries operate, to be fair.)
Which is why I'm supportive of these very nascent DLT/ blockchain efforts.
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Amy Webb
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Agree. The real problem is that the market doesn't reward media companies for R&D that might take years (a few, several) to pay off.
The private sector likely can't produce the research that leads to radically different business models on its own.
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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Cool.
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Amy Webb
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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Summary: The Civil token sale may have been an initial disappointment, for reasons that were both controllable and uncontrollable. This does not mean that tokens won't work, that the idea is bad, or that DLT doesn't make sense for journalism. The ecosystem needs time to mature.
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Amy Webb
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Keefe wrote a really terrific post on what it was like trying to buy tokens. I thought this was terrific: niemanlab.org/2018/09/how-to…
(Again, that's v1.)
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Amy Webb
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I wouldn't count Civil out. They still need some time.
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Amy Webb
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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Also keep in mind that this is a first attempt. Usually v1 of a new tech idea takes a lot to get off the ground. (Friendster v1, Myspace v2, Facebook v3 finally hits.)
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Amy Webb
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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4. The reason for investing in tokens wasn't explained well by Civil
5. The use cases for tokens within the Civil network wasn't explained well
6. Serious lack of marketing (which needed to include all that explanation)
7. It's early, and the tech is still maturing
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Amy Webb
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Here's where I think things went wrong for them...
1. Very few people understand what tokens are
2. The process for buying tokens is convoluted for the average journalist
3. Even tech-savvy jurnos like @jkeefe tried to buy tokens and complained (rightly) about the process
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FutureTodayInstitute
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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In our latest newsletter, we explore the futures of climate change, geopolitics and technology. What we've written should keep you awake at night. And, hopefully, thinking about alternate scenarios...
Read or subscribe here: mailchi.mp/futuretodayins… pic.twitter.com/aSVtNv7xVy
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Amy Webb
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Our latest @FTI newsletter is about the near-futures of climate change, geopolitics and technology. You should read it.
"Yes, you should be worried. (Here's why.)"
mailchi.mp/futuretodayins…
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Amy Webb
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I made a handy flowchart to show @FTI's foresight workflow. This is the process I use to research, model and map the future. pic.twitter.com/TRhQoJigV3
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Amy Webb
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This new season of @bigmouth is brilliant. E05 is dedicated to the importance of @PPFA, told in three vignettes - one has the characters in a vagina-shaped spaceship fighting both ovarian cysts and Lindsey Graham-inspired evil aliens. So good! Thx @nickkroll @BigMouthAndrew
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Amy Webb
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১২ অক্টোবর |
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USJLP Fam pic.twitter.com/xVYiGsSZZF
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Amy Webb
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SFO > BWI with Michael Lewis's new book The Fifth Risk. He's among my very favorite authors, and this book does not disappoint. (Yes, I'm a futurist who still reads books on paper. Can't stand e-reading.) pic.twitter.com/ufZgPaREQt
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