Hanging around optimistic, inquisitive people definitely helps. If your friends or community act reactively in a negative or dismissive way without consideratio

Hanging around optimistic, inquisitive people definitely helps. If your friends or community act reactively in a negative or dismissive way without consideration they're not going to see the potential in these things before it's obvious. The mainstream news is like the above, have been dismissive of almost every new invention for basically forever so definitely avoid that. Everything starts out looking like a toy and this causes most people to think it'll never be big/serious. For tech projects, think about what they would look like if they were 1000x faster/better. Many people dismissed computers, the internet, phones and now crypto because it was so slow and expensive, but technology improves and unlocks new possibilities people didn't consider before as it gets faster and cheaper. Lastly look for areas that have super passionate fans, and talk to them about why they're passionate with an open mind. Because there are always people that "get it" before others and you want to be one of them. My pick for the next big thing for this decade is Ethereum + Decentralized Finance. It's eating the financial system in the same way the internet ate newspapers and media, or cloud computing ate traditional servers/ops. It looks small and slow and expensive now but is rapidly growing and has a super passionate fanbase (of which I am one, and will happily talk all day about it).