a16z - A Copernican Update ... In Tech, the Smartphone is the Center - 📱=🌞 The solar system as a unifying analogy for tech

@BenedictEvans expounds in this episode on a helpful analogy - the smart phone is the sun of the tech universe. This is true both from a supply chain and usage perspective. Supply Chain - As phones become orders of magnitude bigger than the PC industry other new tech, like Drones, Wearables, and IoT spin off using the phone supply chain to get economies of scale. Usage - As people get new devices, like smart watches, tablets, thermostats etc. they most likely use their phone as the interface to configure these devices. Here's the original article they're discussing- http://ben-evans.com/benedicteva... Pulling together a Benedict Evans collection - https://www.producthunt.com/@jfi...