This! Since people have limited time, if HN leads more more often then not on some tech goose chase, then it doesn't matter if some tech trend is mentioned earl

This! Since people have limited time, if HN leads more more often then not on some tech goose chase, then it doesn't matter if some tech trend is mentioned early on HN and has interest. But ultimately what makes something successful is investment in that thing in both time and money. HN is very VC heavy tech crowd and of course it should lead in trends where VC tech crowd creates out of pure effort and money. Telsa and 3D printing is an interesting example. If it isn't strictly a digital good, HN might not be ahead given the audience.