Today’s world is increasingly driven by technology, so it’s invaluable to have someone on the team who understands how technology is evolving and the way in which it’s going to be shaping society. The ability to get in front of those trends can unlock enormous value. Two examples of people who showed this ability are Bill Gates, for recognizing that the cost of computing would continue to drop such that there would be a computer on every desk top, and Elon Musk, who did something very similar with regard to the cost curve on sustainable capital electricity, specifically, what that did for Tesla.
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