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>You don't need millions to make technology bets.

To become a household name as a genius capable of predicting the future you most certainly do.

>I'll tell you why. Things aren't so obvious when you have some skin in the game.

I'll tell you the real reason why: I make enough money to cover my living expenses, and that's about it. I am right about technology most of the time, but I don't have enough expendable income to afford ever being wrong. I'm not saying that I would be a wealthy investor if I obtained a few million dollars to get started with, there are a lot of other variables that determine how well suited a person is to that kind of work, and I'm fairly certain that its not for me.

I'm just saying that Jobs wasn't some kind of futurist demigod.

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