Tea Leaf Visionary Gifts

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."

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

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

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

The Year 3010: Dismantling the now so out of date human model.

Artistic Licence.

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

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

"Is this Haiku poopery?"

Extremely Realistic Virtual Reality.

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

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

"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."

Fortune Tellers Convention

Son of Alien.

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

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

'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.'

Driverless Car