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Chris Anderson, the editor of WIRED, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right price, gaining market share, displacing an established technology and, finally, becoming ubiquitous.

About Chris Anderson (Wired)

As editor of WIRED, Chris Anderson is an authority on emerging technologies and the cultures that surround them. Full bio and more links

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