[briantakita]

I'm not sure what they want to accomplish with this edict(?).

Maybe it's an attempt to influence entrepreneurs to create ideas in those 16 areas.

I mean, only those 16 areas? We are in the middle of some unprecedented cultural shifts, and those are the 16 areas to focus on?

[dinkumthinkum]

For we, the readers, I think we should look at it more as kind of a brainstorm, something to get us thinking. I think looking for more in it than that is not what is most useful for us. Just my two cents.

[walterbell]

Those 16 are likely to be strategically aligned with existing/planned a16z investments.

It would be interesting to see potential tech investment areas related to your list of unprecedented cultural shifts.