Exactly! If this post had been written 20 years ago it would have started with
replyInternet, handheld computers, electric cars...The problem is the same dudes.
Putting beanie babies in with Quantum Computing and Nuclear Power completely ignores the potential life changing elements of some technologies, even if they don't work.
Oh, and smart glasses he put in there, so he'll be eating his words in 2 years.
No-one thought the internet was a failed technology in 2006. It was a vital tool by then.
replyHandheld computers were an expanding market, dominated by Blackberry.
EVs were an immature technology but hybrids like the Prius were selling.
You may remember this video featuring Facebook with a ridiculously high $15B valuation, Skype, YouTube and other failures: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I
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