Tea Leaf Visionary Gifts

I read tea leaves. What a coincidence. I write them!

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

'He's been like this ever since he had his laser eye treatment.'

"So, what does everyone think of XX81's suggestion for increased funding into AI research?"

"I may not know much about art, but I do know what's suitable for framing."

"I'm afraid your Apple goggles aren't compatible with your X brain implant."

'The next big thing is ultra nano.'

Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

"It called a smart phone. Cool, but no service."

"We think your telephone is a great invention, Mr Bell, but is a bit basic. How about adding a phonograph to it?"

'You can't help but wonder what this will do to the market.'

"Write about robots."

"Sorry guys, but your 'magic mind-reader' doesn't seem to be working."

"Constant delays and confusion over Brexit are causing the firm huge problems. . ."

The Year 3010: Dismantling the now so out of date human model.

Artistic Licence.

"Someday, son, all this will be in the cartoonist’s flat file."

'All of my paints dried up in their tubes, so I decided to quit painting and become a sculptor.'

"The Internet has totally revolutionized the way white guys get rich."

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

As an artist, Ug was thousands of years ahead of his time.

Extremely Realistic Virtual Reality.

Son of Alien.

"It's a new start up, a radical new way of printing money!"

"I'm developing an app that solves the problem of not being able to buy things slightly more conveniently."

Some rejected prototypes from Madonna's bra lab.

'The cards say 'buy' but the tea leaves say 'sell'.'

"I'm hoping to sell my startup - a chain of fast-food meditation centers - to Google for seven figures."

Artist and the artist's model both thinking of the money.

Fortune Tellers Convention

"Your life will soon resemble a soggy old clump of leaves."

'On the left, this year's reading scores. On the right, the same data digitally enhanced.'

'All those in favour of accepting more robots?'

'I remember when tea leaves were the state of the art method of determining your inventory needs.'