If I had a time machine, I could go back to the 1920s and make a ton of money investing, then hold onto it by pulling out of the stock market before it crashed in October 1929. Or I could invest in little start-ups like that company Henry Ford ran, or Microsoft, or even Starbucks Coffee.So I wonder what a future generation would do with us, if they develop a time machine. What opportunities am I missing right now?
Here are some headlines from Mediabistro that make me wonder:
- NBC in Deal With Amazon to Sell Shows on the Web (NYT) NBC Universal significantly deepened its relationship with Amazon's digital video download service after a dispute with Apple over the pricing of television shows on iTunes. . . .
- Yahoo! to Buy BlueLithium for $300M (AdWeek)Yahoo! became the latest large Internet player to buy an ad network . . .
- Babelgum's Contrarian Approach to Web TV (BusinessWeek)Take a look at how the Internet TV market is developing and you can bet that Babelgum, a free, global Internet TV and video-on-demand service, will be taking the opposite approach . . .
Huh? I have no clue what any of these stories are about. In twenty years, will I be saying "Yeah, I coulda bought inta BlueLithium back before it really took off, . . . 'cept I didn't know BlueLithium from boba back then."
I feel very, very old. Kinda like the Amish guy in the carriage, being passed by all those fancy cars . . . except, without the comfort of moral certitude.
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