Winner of the Most Naïve Idea Award: Eric Schmidt, CEO Google

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Eric SchmidtSchmidt once said:

“In the future, people will spend less time trying to get technology to work … because it will just be seamless. It will just be there. The Web will be everything, and it will also be nothing. It will be like electricity. … If we get this right, I believe we can fix all the world’s problems.”

Sadly, he is far from alone in this idea. So much brain power heading to Silicon Valley to “solve” the world’s problems through apps.
Ain’t. Gonna. Happen.
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