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I was working at an internet startup in 1996. We basically built custom sites for companies. It’s hard now to appreciate how “out there” the internet was at th
by doktorhladnjak 4y ago
I was working at an internet startup in 1996. We basically built custom sites for companies.
It’s hard now to appreciate how “out there” the internet was at the time. One of the founders with a sales background would meet with CEOs to convince them they needed a website. Most of those meetings ended with a, “We think this internet web thing is a fad, but thanks for your time”.
- shuntress 4y agoIt's interesting to consider this viewpoint 30 years later and wonder what will bring about the next age. Is it something in it's infancy being dismissing as a fad? Have we even thought of it yet?
- abraxas 4y agoWell, the answer has to be the "metaverse". The jury is of course out on whether it will take root the way the internet did.
- shuntress 4y agoI disagree. "The Metaverse" is still fundamentally the same as other content/experience the same way 3D movies are fundamentally the same as 2D movies. Being able to see a projection of someone in chair next to you does not really deepen or hasten the sharing of ideas in any drastic way compares to pre-internet vs post-internet communication. If I had to guess, my suspicion is that direct brain-to-brain communication is the next epoch-definiting development.
- ipaddr 4y agoInstant 3d printing. It is too costly and slow now but things will change.