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Ask HN: What's the next “ARPANET” type of breakthrough?
I came across recommendation from some HNers to read the book "When Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origin of the Internet", and the book is like an adrenaline drink. I ask myself, what's the next breakthrough I can be involved in?
I may create a new tool, make some smart optimization here and there at work, but I would be more excited if I get to solve real hard problems.
So my question to the community is: what do you think is the next "ARPANET" type of breakthrough which will become legendary in history?
Thanks.
- jfaucett 10y agoThe computer/brain interface. This will fundamentally change the way we interact with technology because it will make said tech essentially part of us and expand our sensory experience and understanding of reality.
- Artlav 10y agoSigh... If only it was that easy to predict.
- babyrainbow 10y agoARPANET is not legendary. INTERNET is not a breakthrough. Same as mobile phones It is just a bunch on computers connected over a wire, on a phenomenal scale... To reach the next breakthrough, we ll first have to go through the next big global crisis...Our next breakthroughs will rise from its ashes. So our generation might see the start of this crisis. Couple of your next generations will live through it..Maybe after even more generations, if we have learned a couple of things from the past (I mean, the present as of now), our intellects might be free enough so that human kind can create further breakthroughs...
- yeukhon 10y agoIf Internet is not considered a breakthrough, nothing else is.
- babyrainbow 10y agoHow old are you?
- yeukhon 10y agoDoes it matter?
- babyrainbow 10y agoYes. If you are a kid, I might explain how the INTERNET is not a "breakthrough". If you are someone old, then it might be too late for that exercise...
- yeukhon 10y agoI am 25. But I am all ears why someone would think it is not a breakthrough. I might learn something or a new perspective. Thanks.