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I think (but have no data to prove) that most is not bullshit. I assume that, because building something costs money and nobody is going to spend money if it ha

I think (but have no data to prove) that most is not bullshit. I assume that, because building something costs money and nobody is going to spend money if it has no use. Except for scammers and/ or overhyped technologies that are not actually necessary but used because managers like buzzwords like crypto, meta verse, AI ...

bell-cot 4y ago
Consider human nature, and The Red Queen's Race. I recall the incredible churn and waste of computer printer hardware ~~1985, when things were moving from daisy wheel printers to 9-pin printers to 24-pin printers to 300dpi laser printers to 600dpi laser printers. Sure, 600dpi laser output is more flexible & nicer than daisy-wheel output. But between all the effort of the replacement cycles, and working equipment with remaining service lives totaling many millions of years ending up in landfills... And let's face it - the main motive behind it was a zero-sum human nature "my tail fins are longer than yours" Red Queen's Race.