I'm An Expert. Don't Trust Me.

What do Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, Rush, and Stephen King have in common?

Jul 10, 2013 1-min read

"An expert is a man who has stopped thinking - he knows!"

–Frank Lloyd Wright

Should we trust experts?

On June 13th, I gave the keynote at TechCocktail Week in Las Vegas, NV. In my 26-minute talk, I ist a slew of examples about how experts are often wrong. The experts dismissed the ultimate success of Apple, the PC, Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, Rush, Stephen King, and myriad others.

Here's the video of the talk:

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