2020 Tech Trends
Kevin Marks
“The main coming tech strands of the next 5-10 years”
QWest 1999
Mary Meeker: 2009
page 31
Ben Evans: 2020
page 7
Gartner Hype Cycle 2000
Gartner Hype Cycle 2000-2009
Gartner Hype Cycle 2009
Gartner Hype Cycle 2010-2018
Gartner Hype Cycle 2019
Moore’s
Law
Koomey's
Law
Norvig’s
law
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Smartphones now
Internet users now
Net users now
Goodhart’s law
Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.
Twyman’s
law
Any figure that looks interesting or different is usually wrong.
Norton’s Law
In the long run, every piece of data or information is either public or deleted. It won't stay secret.
Evans’s
law
Social change accelerates when we see that others are changing.
New things
Ben Evans Candidates
Wardley maturity cycle
Wardley cycle repeats
Wardley projections
New foundations
Abundance not scarcity
Von Neumann no longer applies
New foundations
Not Big Data but Messy Data
Keep all the versions
Observability
New foundations
Tech tools for everyone
Openness changes culture
Rethinking code
Causal Invariance
Douglas Adams - Hyperland 1989