PART 1 · CHAPTER 05 · Where We Actually Are

Counting the Adopters

Strip away the headlines and look at the numbers: almost nobody is actually using this well yet.

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WHAT THIS PAGE CONTAINS

A title, the published opening thesis and the chapter's section headings. The argument, evidence, examples and full prose remain in the book.

The chapter's route

  1. 01The Usage Mirage
  2. 02A User Is Not an Adopter
  3. 03The Pilot Graveyard
  4. 04The Silent Majority
  5. 05The Old Pattern
  6. 06Why the Numbers Look Small
  7. 07The Honest Count
  8. 08Low Adoption Is the Signal
  9. 09From Trying to Compounding
  10. 10The Door Is Still Open
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