why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chaudry: Future markets will place a premium on inefficiency
“My hypothesis about the future is that there will be a premium on inefficiency.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chaudry: YouTube search accounts for a surprisingly nominal share of video discovery
“The first is search, and I think probably people over, maybe, maybe think about search too much. It's actually pretty nominal how many people find videos through search.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chaudry: Fully immersive virtual reality is incredibly niche and won't scale
“I just think full immersion is, like, incredibly niche and probably won't take off.”
Assertion Supported
Chaudry: Ryan Trahan shoots mostly solo on an iPhone, averaging 10M+ views
“One of the most prolific creators on YouTube right now is Ryan Traham. He can't make a video that does under ten million views, but he shoots majority of his stuff with his iPhone and just by himself.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chaudry: A lack of qualified operators is the creator economy's biggest bottleneck
“The biggest problem in the creator economy is like operators. It will continue to be the biggest problem. Like, people are growing and getting more opportunities than they can handle.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chaudry: Society will eventually view hunching over smartphones as strange
“Like, I think there will be a moment in human history where we look back and go, that was weird that we were all hunched over these, like, black rectangles all day.”