Comment Comment by csdvrx And Dropbox was just a ftp, and the iPhone was just a lame mp3 player. And e-commerce just a fad, etc.We're blinded by what was, and wrongfully infer what will be.Also, we mix in our biases, Douglas Adams said it best:"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." parent csdvrx 4 years ago
We're blinded by what was, and wrongfully infer what will be.
Also, we mix in our biases, Douglas Adams said it best:
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things."