I fell down an internet rabbit hole following one link to another and ended up at The next big thing in 2021 is...
50 of technology's top thinkers finish the sentence.
Okay, I didn’t recognize the names of many of those who responded but a lot of them gave coherent and seemingly well thought out responses often reflecting things they’ve learned and ways they and their colleagues have adapted to the fustercluck otherwise known as 2020. Ideas about healthcare, remote working, fintech, and a bunch of other subjects. Some obvious, some thought-provoking. And then a What is he smoking? response:
The next big thing in 2021 is Miami as the new Bitcoin.
-Jeff Morris Jr., Founder & Managing Partner at Chapter One
I’d never heard of Morris (turns out that he used to be a VP at Tinder). Maybe he’s jonesing to be a stand-up comic who uses word salad as his shtick. Maybe Bitcoin has been in the news just enough that he thought he could use it Mad Libs style and fill in the line before it with a random place name. Or maybe he’s a super genius who knows something we don’t.
Maybe it’s time to invest heavily in Miami before rising sea levels wash it away? “Buy low, sell high” has never worked with flood-prone real estate before but this time it’s different? Or maybe Morris has the skinny on a new whitepaper for an upcoming crypto project code-named Miami? I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a bit of Miami FOMO.
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