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I mean, I think almost everyone can agree that this is a bubble and a correction is going to follow in the not-so-distant future. I'm just not so certain of th
by Bjorkbat 2y ago
I mean, I think almost everyone can agree that this is a bubble and a correction is going to follow in the not-so-distant future. I'm just not so certain of the magnitude of that correction.
Something which I'm kind of convinced about though is that I think after this we're going to see an end of an era in tech in that I don't foresee another "next big thing". Feels like we've kind of played all of them out, they've all more-or-less matured. Like, maybe there will be another hype cycle in AR/VR, but unless Apple really outdoes itself with the next Vision Pro launch I don't foresee it being all that buzzy. Hell, even if Apple launches a headset that's both affordable and ridiculously good, I still don't foresee AR/VR being all that buzzy.
And if AI really does live up to the hype, well, there still won't be a "next big thing", just for an entirely different reason.
I'm not personally upset about it. There's still a wealth of good ideas out there to chase that don't have the scaling potential to attract VC interest but nonetheless could potentially make a decent chunk of people rich and employ a lot of people. Perhaps society will give more of its collective attention to the problems that aren't so easily solved with a mobile app.