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A Click Away From You

For the first time in history, you have a global market of 1+ billion people, all connected over an interactive network where they’re all a click away from you. That’s amazing.

From Marc Andreessen in his latest post. I agree. Amazing from a business perspective. But also overwhelming from a personal perspective. With geographic filtering becoming less relevant (i.e. it doesn’t matter if you’re in a small town with only 3 physical stores), social filtering will only become more relevant than ever.

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