This repo compares actual outcomes to predictions for 2023.
We predicted in 2023:
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Jack Dorsey returns as CEO of Twitter.
- WRONG
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The Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement that explains impromptu emergency interest rate hike.
- WRONG
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Google lays off 50% of its workforce.
- WRONG: https://layoffs.fyi
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MacKenzie Scott and Laurene Powell Jobs fund a new digital equity initiative, run by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The "AOC Foundation" uses its billion-dollar endowment to help new ideas reach audiences more effectively.
- WRONG. The "wokeness fad" is over.
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YouTube buys radio station to broadcast top influencers on AM/FM radios.
- WRONG
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National Public Radio (NPR) shuts down, after losing federal funding and underwriters.
- WRONG
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JP Morgan ($JPM) acquires Bank of America for about $5 per share.
- WRONG. Community banking crisis was addressed quickly, containing the contagion.
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NYU Professor Jeff Jarvis joins faculty at either Oxford or Cambridge.
- WRONG
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Governors in western states deploy National Guard troops to quell armed skirmishes over water rights.
- WRONG. Cooler heads prevailed and a common sense agreement was reached.
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Heavy dust storms accelerate the Phase 4 corrosion of power transmission steel lattice towers. Power outages and steel shortages follow.
- WRONG. No dust bowl.
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After winning Super Bowl LVII with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady retires to become an avocado farmer.
- Brady retired; he is now an analyst.
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Tom Brady announces the National Strategic Avocado Reserve.
- WRONG
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Elon Musk buys New York Times.
- WRONG. Missed opportunity for guaranteed daily active user audience.
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Autobahn-like highway tested in Texas.
- WRONG.
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Kara Swisher wins both the Peabody Award and Pulitzer Prize in the same year.
- WRONG. Despite an amazing year of journalism and entertainment.
- Swisher hosted this podcast: 2023 Podcast of the Year: Succession Podcast.
- Swisher broke many stories during the OpenAI tumult:
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NYU Professor Scott Galloway is named Time's Person of the Year.
- WRONG. Feminism had a moment. Better luck next year.
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Maggie Haberman is appointed editor-in-chief of Washington Post.
- WRONG.
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Warren Buffet retires.
- WRONG.
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McDonald's ($MCD) is acquired by Asia-based private equity giant and is taken private. This gives time to restructure debt.
- WRONG. However, lag effects of monetary policy still unseen.
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Burger King ($QRS) is acquired by Europe-based private equity firm. The firm spins off the Whopper into its own burger shop, like Shake Shack or In-N-Out burger.
- WRONG. However, lag effects of monetary policy still unseen.
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Airbnb adds mixed-use retail space to rental inventory for pop-up stores.
- WRONG
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Microsoft introduces next-generation police force protection gear, featuring the HoloLens as a situation-aware mixed reality headset.
- WRONG.
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Amazon starts vertical farming fresh produce in New York City and Paris.
- WRONG
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says "if you cut off one head, two more shall take its place" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time; the movie trailer alone shatters the all-time views record on YouTube.
- WRONG
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Climate change forces many states to pass new tornado and flood insurance laws.
- WRONG
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San Francisco Bay Area shut down by blizzard.
- WRONG!