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New tech almost always starts out being available only to privileged individuals but then becomes commoditized and available to everyone.
by ageek123 8y ago
New tech almost always starts out being available only to privileged individuals but then becomes commoditized and available to everyone.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoPart of the reason is that new tech is always expensive and unreliable, so only the privileged individuals have money to burn on costly and risky experiments.
- cm2187 8y agoActually often military first, then privileged individuals!
- michaelt 8y agoIf the new tech is a robot that cleans your toilet, costs can come down until nobody ever has to manually clean a toilet again. If the new tech is an on-demand market that hires a person to clean your toilet, the amount of manual toilet cleaning in the world is unchanged :)
- JulianMorrison 8y agoInstead of working for a unionized cleaning company with a minimum wage, you too can be your own employer in the new app economy of toilet cleaning to order and be paid less, expected to buy your own equipment, and denied sick pay and holidays. But still subject to sacking if you don't put in 12-hour days, or get a sub-four-star review.
- sireat 8y agoPer Gibson - The Future is here, it is just not widely distributed.
- wavefunction 8y agoEvenly distributed