> No, that's not how it went. People were not stupid and lacking any foresight in the past It truly is in so many cases. Not stupidity, but perhaps hubris. The

> No, that's not how it went. People were not stupid and lacking any foresight in the past It truly is in so many cases. Not stupidity, but perhaps hubris. The same hubris that says nobody will need more than 64 bits today. Given time, 64 bits will fall waste to 128 bits and more. The people who designed IPv4 truly thought the number of IP's would be more than enough forever. They literally had no concept that one day your average person would own multiple computing devices and require multiple IP's just to get through a normal day. They were very wrong, and found out in only a few year's time. The only constant in tech is our assumptions today will be wrong tomorrow. Assuming "X" is big enough is foolhardy in just about every scenario.