CCSA Connect 2016: Believe the data, even if it looks bad

WHISTLER – One of the world’s top technology, media and telecommunications trends forecasters, Deloitte Canada’s Duncan Stewart, spent an hour on stage Tuesday urging CCSA delegates to try and view all tech hype with a skeptic’s eye – and use data instead.He identified 3D printers, e-readers and virtual reality headsets as products whose results in the marketplace have nowhere near matched the media hysteria around them.Turns out people don’t want little mills in their homes making do-dads out of plastic or whatever. Turns out humans still like physical books (e-reader sales have plateaued and print book sales have edged up)...