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> Electricity, computers, and the Internet were all roundly mocked at one point What?
by version_five 4y ago
> Electricity, computers, and the Internet were all roundly mocked at one point
What?
- acchow 4y agoI don't know if electricity was mocked, but certainly the early internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOx2GUaVTi8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOx2GUaVTi8
- version_five 4y agoI don't agree that supports your point. It's a comedy show and that's his interview style, it's not remotely "roundly mock[ing]" the internet. The fact that Bill Gates is on a talk show means it was already very mainstream
- standyro 4y agoThe internet was certainly not mainstream at the time of that interview. Maybe somewhere along the early adopter curve, if anything. Bill Gates became famous for founding Microsoft, which listed for an IPO in 1986, way before the internet really took off. Somewhere in the Microsoft Windows 95/98 era is generally the first experience most Americans had with the internet.
- RestlessMind 4y ago"by 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine." - a Nobel prize winner in 1998. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-krugman-internets-effect-economy/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/paul-krugman-internets-eff...