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What's your point?

• rippercushions 4y ago
  That we remember the people who dissed the iPhone or Dropbox, but not those who correctly panned countless failures. In Sagan's words, "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
  • petesergeant 4y ago
    Exactly that, thank you. Myself, I'm far too optimistic, and I held out hope for companies (like Theranos) long after HN has gone super skeptical on them.
    • cloudking 4y ago
      Fair points, there are a lot of intelligent minds here. Personally, I'm thinking about the viability of metaverse concepts beyond the walls of Meta, while the bearish concensus I've seen in media and comments seems to focus only on them. Maybe that is an unfortunate side effect of the branding exercise. I appreciate your opinions.