This week I had a chance to go to Chris Hull’s presentation on “Where in the World is Geolocation Going?” at Web2.0 expo in San Francisco. The speaker was trying to find an answer to the question “Why do geeks and hipsters all have startups that do the same thing?.” What he talked about started to make me wonder why are the smartest people in capitalist society of America are rushing into a small and crowded market.,
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To prove his point he used Maslow’s theory. Psychological theory of human motivation proposed by Abraham Maslow portrays the human needs in the shape of pyramid with the largest and most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom,
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One thing I can take away from this discussion is that the key to technology advancement is practicality. As smartphones become more common, practical applications and tools catering to the mainstream users will become more interesting and hence will generate more economic value.
Cheers!!!
Rasesh Shah (Technology Evangelist)
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