I agree this is an important question. From the post:
given the choice to do so — in the form of agreement among its Board and CEO — with around one year of effort following the choice.
I.e., in the definition, the “company” is considered to have “chosen” once the Board and CEO have agreed to do it. If the CEO and Board agree and make the choice but the company fails to do the thing — e.g., because the employees refuse to go along with the Board+CEO decision — then the company has failed to execute on its choice, despite “effort” (presumably, the CEO and Board telling their people and machines to do stuff that didn’t end up getting done).
As for what is or is not a tech company, I don’t think it matters to the definition or the post or predictions, because I think only things that would presently colloquially be considered “tech companies” have a reasonable chance at meeting the remainder of the conditions in the definition.
I agree this is an important question. From the post:
I.e., in the definition, the “company” is considered to have “chosen” once the Board and CEO have agreed to do it. If the CEO and Board agree and make the choice but the company fails to do the thing — e.g., because the employees refuse to go along with the Board+CEO decision — then the company has failed to execute on its choice, despite “effort” (presumably, the CEO and Board telling their people and machines to do stuff that didn’t end up getting done).
As for what is or is not a tech company, I don’t think it matters to the definition or the post or predictions, because I think only things that would presently colloquially be considered “tech companies” have a reasonable chance at meeting the remainder of the conditions in the definition.