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If this were thirty years ago instead of today, the opportunity to build X[1] would be wide open, but you'd have to build it with the tools that were available
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
If this were thirty years ago instead of today, the opportunity to build X[1] would be wide open, but you'd have to build it with the tools that were available 30 years ago. That might not be nearly as easy as building it with today's tools.
[1] "X" meaning "variable to be substituted for" rather than "company that made a bizarre naming choice for no apparent reason".
- bombcar 3y agoAlso you have the clear hindsight - if I go back 30 years I'm going to be developing an iPod or something, not any of the flops from 1994 (even though people might note that there are flops in 1994 that have something quite similar be a big hit in 2004 ...). It's like the people who talk about how obvious it was to invest in Apple or Microsoft or BRK or whatever "if they'd been there at that time" and yet by definition the companies that will be referred to like that in 20 years time almost certainly exist today, but - how do you find them?