As everyone jumps to new technologies, from quantum computing to specialised ai chips,
China has a rare chance to catch up. The right approach for America, therefore, has three strands.
So, when I read that VCs don’t invest in startups that compete with Google at search, or that there is a kill zone around Amazon, this is sometimes true, but it often feels like a category error. In 1950 you’d have been a fool to start a new car manufacturer, but McDonalds and Walmart are 'car' companies, and they didn’t worry about GM. Facebook wasn't stopped by a Google kill zone. And today you’d be silly to compete with Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, except that actually, that’s what all those 4,000 startups are doing
[Web 3.0 - Semantic Web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web) compare with [crypto context - Web 3.0](https://knowen.org/nodes/24260)
[Chip wars - Economist](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/2671/Chip%2Bwars%2B-%2BEconomist.txt)
> As everyone jumps to new technologies, from quantum computing to specialised ai chips,
> China has a rare chance to catch up. The right approach for America, therefore, has three strands.
[Clayton Christensen (Innovator's Dilemma) & Marc Andreessen (a16z) | Startup Grind Global](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBp1ntD3Zc)
## Trends
[The 10 most intriguing inventions of 2018](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/2902/The%2B10%2Bmost%2Bintriguing%2Binventions%2Bof%2B2018%2B_002_.pdf)
> From programmable pills to power-generating boots, here are some of the most unusual technological innovations we covered this year.
[A Quarter Century of Hype - 25 Years of the Gartner Hype Cycle](https://vimeo.com/464835556?utm_source=Benedict%27s+Newsletter&utm_campaign=56c5229656-Benedict%27s+newsletter+free&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4999ca107f-56c5229656-71150654)
> So, when I read that VCs don’t invest in startups that compete with Google at search, or that there is a kill zone around Amazon, this is sometimes true, but it often feels like a category error. In 1950 you’d have been a fool to start a new car manufacturer, but McDonalds and Walmart are 'car' companies, and they didn’t worry about GM. Facebook wasn't stopped by a Google kill zone. And today you’d be silly to compete with [Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, except that actually, that’s what all those 4,000 startups are doing](https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2020/01/01/microsoft-monopoly-and-dominance?utm_source=Benedict%27s+Newsletter&utm_campaign=56c5229656-Benedict%27s+newsletter+free&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4999ca107f-56c5229656-71150654)
## general view and how to differentiate
New Tech
and how [it happens for chatbots in 2019](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3011/a%2Brobot%2Bhas%2Bdied.htm)
## understanding the hype terminology
- Cognitive computing... how different from AI applied to Services?
2017 [Cognitive Computing: A new era](https://www.ibm.com/investor/att/pdf/JEK_UBS_FINAL_with_Disclaimer.pdf)
## compare with 2008 - [Gartner Hype Cycle 2005](http://www.knowledge-communication.org/pdf/908-029-1.pdf)
