RT by @a16z: .@pmarca explains why social media and the Current Thing make it impossible to predict elections: (opens in new tab)

.@pmarca explains why social media and the Current Thing make it impossible to predict elections: "What happens is each viral social media meme explosion, it basically is this huge spike up, and then it's like this half-life decay, and it lasts about 2.5 days." "A new current thing appears and just takes over the outrage. And all the emotional energy that applied to the old one applies to the new one. Everybody forgets the old one even happened." " And seven days later... not even a peep." " ...