Cover image via www.youtube.com Sam Lessin, former vice president of product management at Facebook (2010 – 2014), serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor, explains why cryptocurrency is the only "platform shift opportunity" he sees in the 2020s. "AI doesn’t disrupt anything, crypto is a platform shift," Sam Lessin says Mr. Lessin reflects on the concept of the "platform shift," which, he says, is very popular in Silicon Valley. However, the vast majority of "platform shifts" are over-marketed and lack real disruptive power. Crypto is the Only Meaningful Platform Shift Opportunity on the Horizon… not AI, VR/AR, Autonomous / EV, Etc. pic.twitter.com/Vhs04ChhWZ — sam lessin �☠️ (@lessin) February 16, 2023 He is certain that the majority of gamechangers are nothing but "big tech moments" that actually fold into existing infrastructure instead of creating new ones. For instance, artificial intelligence (AI) "doesn’t disrupt anything," being yet another product of the cloud computational segment. AI just scales differently and uses more powerful hardware for its development. VR/AR products are too expensive to build; no VR unicorn would be capable to compete with Apple or Microsoft since too much must happen to make it work. As the dust settles, Tesla – let alone other […]