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Old 10-09-2014, 12:16 PM   #270
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Any conscious user of the technology already knows the future, intuitively.
You said "Average Joe" not "conscious user". Two vastly different things. (And still, I don't think the assertion is correct, but "...already knows the future, intuitively." is a sentiment that would require dramatic definition and MUCH exposition in order for me to even understand it.)

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There is a deep understanding of the good and bad of each tech.
Since when? Our decades of flopping about tell a different story.

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I bet that even a casual sampling of our usage of tablets and e-readers on this forum would tell us the bulk of what we need to make our own projections.
Probably, but we are a hyper-aware community filled to the brim with enthusiastic enthusiasts, skeptics, true believers, misfits, rebels, fans, and power users. A casual sampling of enthusiasts is much different than an enthusiastic sampling of casuals.

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Unfortunately there is no shortage of management with more funds than sense.
Unfortunately, this is a human condition that is in no way exclusive to management.
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