cacioppo:

One huge (massive) perk of my job is the ability to see, at a super-high level, a large number of companies. Case in point: this fall, I attended eight demo days and saw 160 companies launch.

This somehow gave me the bright idea to try to figure out the world, or where the world’s going - what better way than an accelerator-program tour to get a sense for the problems about which entrepreneurs are thinking? 

Turns out the entire “explain the world” thing is pretty hard - but this post is my attempt to explain a few things at least.

Huge huge huge thanks to Dave, Albert, Andy, Brad, Fred, Gary, John, and Patrick for reading drafts along the way.