Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is known for doing lots of things; he invented the first graphical web interface, he said software is eating the world, and his motto is that he has ‘strong opinions loosely held’ – which I dig. We all ought to be able to change our mind when new information arrives.
And let’s face it, new information is arriving daily with new possibilities to match. Take this recent quote from Andreessen:
“One guy can now build a self driving car. We recently backed a founder who had built his own self driving car. Literally, one guy can now build a self driving car. Ten years ago this was like a DARPA Funded Grand Challenge Research Project. Five years ago this was a team of a thousand at Google. And now, it’s George. It’s one of those things (AI & machine learning) that looks like it’s about to tip, there is one George today, and a thousand Georges tomorrow.”
He was referring to George Hotz above.
The insight for entrepreneurs is that the pace of change is faster than a linear human mind can cope with. That idea or technology that you think is just a little too early probably isn’t. The most important thing in society, economics, business and Government today is the law of accelerating returns. And this is just one example of it in action.
If you you’d like to learn more, there is a rare opportunity to attend Singularity University in the Souther Hemisphere. An SU summit is being held in Christchurch this November. I’ll be there absorbing everything I can – why not join me? More details are here – I imagine it will sell out quick given the 2 year plus waiting in the Silicon Valley Campus.
