Steve Jobs made a bunch of predictions in the 80s and 90s about the future of technology — it turns out he nailed it

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Although his later work at Apple influenced the way things turned out, he still offered a slew of predictions that are shockingly accurate today.

One prediction was for fully featured web applications years before terms like Ajax and Web 2.0 were coined:"People are starting to do complex publishing on the Web — very simple forms of it. This will absolutely explode in the next 12 to 18 months."

"It's the next big phase of the Web," Jobs said to Wired."Have you seen the Federal Express Web site where you can track a package?"Another shocking revelation from that Wired interview was that Jobs predicted Tesla — or, at least, Tesla's business model for its dealerships."Take auto dealerships. So much money is spent on inventory — billions and billions of dollars. Inventory is not a good thing.

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