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>5) The Thiel hypothesis: Recent technological developments are intrinsically more boring than past technological developments; Shouldn't that be the Cuban hyp
by dxbydt 15y ago
>5) The Thiel hypothesis: Recent technological developments are intrinsically more boring than past technological developments;
Shouldn't that be the Cuban hypothesis ?
Cuban in 2006
http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-and-boring-deal-with-it/ http://blogmaverick.com/2006/07/12/the-internet-is-old-news-...
Cuban in 2007
http://blogmaverick.com/2007/08/27/the-internet-is-still-dead-and-boring/ http://blogmaverick.com/2007/08/27/the-internet-is-still-dea...
Cuban in 2008
http://blogmaverick.com/2008/02/10/the-internet-is-officially-dead-and-boring-its-the-economy-stupi/ http://blogmaverick.com/2008/02/10/the-internet-is-officiall...
Thiel said it in 2011 ( or late 2010) if I'm not mistaken.
- gwern 15y ago> Shouldn't that be the Cuban hypothesis ? Stigler's law demands we call it the Thiel hypothesis. (Stigler, of course, did not invent/discover it: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Stigler%27s_l... )