Tech CEOs are being incentivized to make unhinged predictions

Tech CEOs are being incentivized to make unhinged predictions

Michael Kovac/Getty; Marc Piasecki/Getty; Justin Sullivan/Getty; Tyler Le/BISince a turtlenecked Steve Jobs strode the global stage, tech executives and venture capitalists have doubled as company hypemen, churning out aspirational koans and fantastical assurances about how their products will change the world. As full-time salesmen — especially in the age of virality and world-historic funding rounds — they're incentivized to offer outlandish p…