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On the other hand, there was the big bang of the internet in the 90s which changed everything for me, but post-2000? social media, uber & airbnb. The consumer i
by buboard 7y ago
On the other hand, there was the big bang of the internet in the 90s which changed everything for me, but post-2000? social media, uber & airbnb. The consumer internet of phones is not that major technology-wise, even though socially it was very disruptive.
- kyriakos 7y agoI think you are underestimating the technological advancements required to make the smartphone you are holding in your hand today. From processors to batteries to screen and radio technology.
- buboard 7y agoaren't they all incremental ?
- beat 7y agoIs internal combustion an "incremental" change from steam engines? That's the kinds of lines we're talking about. In a way, lithium ion batteries are incremental - they're just batteries. But they've enabled modern phones and modern electric cars, so they're kind of radical tech in their own way.
- awinder 7y agoThe modern internet-connected-cellphone-in-your-pocket was the radical advancement of the 2000s, and it's more of a story of packaging existing technology into a tour-de-force which makes it even more interesting. As it's own "event" though, I don't think I've seen a single product so radically transform a society. Yeah the social media & ride-hailing all seems goofy, but we took a stab at out-innovating the very concept of boredom (and created some new categories for the DSM to boot), that deserves some credit