Travel Tech Essentialist #150: Future

"The future is already here; it's just not very evenly distributed." — William Gibson (science fiction author)

From how to identify valuable startup insights to the nature of tech predictions to the rise of meme apps. I hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter,

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