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cdixon.eth
@cdixon
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May 18, 2014
Soon 5.9 billion people will have smartphones, which will have a profound effect on economic development.
forbes.com
Astonishing Number: Ericsson Predicts 5.9 Billion Smartphone Users Within 5 Years
This is a truly astounding number from Ericsson being reported over at Wired. They think that we'll get to the majority of the human race having a smartphone and a wireless plan within the next five...
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Venkatesh Rao
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bombed into rubble _and_ bombed into a market :)
8:48 PM · May 18, 2014
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Alec Resnick
@aresnick
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May 18, 2014
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@vgr
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@pmarca
ha; regardless, I don't think that coloring has much to do with income inequality per se— cf. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gini_since_WWII.svg/1900px-Gini_since_WWII.svg.png…
Alec Resnick
@aresnick
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May 18, 2014
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e.g. West Germany's example (is there a better bombed-out one?) via http://tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036840500439168…
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