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So let's make a list of all of the things that have a group of passionate enthusiasts who are certain it's the next big thing. I can only think of two things:

by Atheros 10y ago

So let's make a list of all of the things that have a group of passionate enthusiasts who are certain it's the next big thing. I can only think of two things: * Bitcoin * Self driving vehicles

nostrademons 10y ago
Smart home. Virtual reality. Drones. Smartwatches (yes, some people still really like theirs). Rust. AI. IPFS. Federated wikis. Probably others too. The scale that we're talking about is ~1000s of people, not millions. This doesn't even register in the news media - hell, HN probably has close to a few thousand people online at any given time, and there are 1000s of forums like Hacker News on the Internet.