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I think there is a similar pattern during the early stages of many technologies. At first they are made by tinkerers for themselves and so are tool for individu
by ema 6y ago
I think there is a similar pattern during the early stages of many technologies. At first they are made by tinkerers for themselves and so are tool for individual empowerment. People then think of that as a core aspect of the technology, but when the technology gets scaled up it turns out to be incidental.
- ashtonkem 6y agoI’ve found attempts to retrofit past technological growth curves onto current technologies to be more an exercise in bias confirmation than anything else. Such analysis usually hinge upon successful stories, often the internet, and ignore all the failures and false starts.