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Dixon: Crypto is in 2004–2005 phase, years from an iPhone moment
“I think with respect to crypto blockchains, we are pre iPhone moment. Like we haven't had the breakthrough platform yet. I think we're somewhere, if you map it to mobile phones, let's say, I think we're probably 2004, 2005. I hope at least that we're like a ye…”
Visser: Smartphones and YouTube foster Gen Z polymaths over specialists
“Well, the iPhone is letting you learn a lot of different things the way polymaths did. If you look up multi-potentiality, the Gen Zers that are like polymaths, they're doing different things in the school system. They are learning through YouTube.”
Steve Jobs Mastered Four Key Storytelling Tactics in One Minute
“If you watch Steve Jobs' 2007 iPhone launch, he uses steak, suspense, surprise, and humor. All four of them in the 1:06 minutes of the presentation. He does it masterfully and brilliantly. He's not really telling a story. He's bringing out a new product for a …”
Samani: He would not have built Pristine if he studied hardware history
“I was way over indexing on the iPhone and the iPad, which were the two most recent ones and what turned out to be two of the most exceptional ones. And not appreciating how difficult it is to do new form factors and not looking at the Newton and a bunch of oth…”