You bring up a good point. I don't think anyone had the vision that we would be socializing the way we do now on social sites like Facebook. Even Mark. Z probably didn't see it until it started taking off.
The question as I see it is, can we predict the trends of the future? This divides itself into 2 questions: 1) Do we have enough knowledge/creativity to see the next waves of the future, and 2) If we saw a thousand possibilities of what would happen in the future, would we be able to pick the right one?
A different way to see it is that you are the force affecting the future - can you push your design/plan/idea far enough to make it groundbreaking?
What is interesting to me is not answering these questions, but rather, asking -
What can I do to strengthen my ability to answer 'yes' to these questions?
The question as I see it is, can we predict the trends of the future? This divides itself into 2 questions: 1) Do we have enough knowledge/creativity to see the next waves of the future, and 2) If we saw a thousand possibilities of what would happen in the future, would we be able to pick the right one?
A different way to see it is that you are the force affecting the future - can you push your design/plan/idea far enough to make it groundbreaking?
What is interesting to me is not answering these questions, but rather, asking -
What can I do to strengthen my ability to answer 'yes' to these questions?