David Hoang revisits his 2026 focus areas amid high displacement variance
davidhoang · x · 2026-11-11
David Hoang, product/AI leader (ex-Duolingo research), revisits the 2026 focus areas he wrote in December 2025 to see which became trends. His Substack essay argues we're in a period of high displacement variance where foundational assumptions are shifting simultaneously, making him uneasy with the usual annual-prediction posture — so he frames it as where he's placing attention instead. The full post is paywalled.
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