4 ms·
> I wonder how that happened? My explanation is - the technology is amazing and engineers admired it, but CEOs kept talking about an exponential curve while en
by maxnevermind 2mo ago
> I wonder how that happened?
My explanation is - the technology is amazing and engineers admired it, but CEOs kept talking about an exponential curve while engineers on the ground started to notice signs of Gartner hype cycle curve.
- hapticmonkey 2mo agoMy take is that engineers were hypnotised by the technology (which is incredible) and they ignored the downstream social/political/economic factors until it became too obvious. Like moths to a flame. We saw this play out with the social media era. Incredible technology but it’s now ossified into deteriorating closed platforms mostly filled with algorithmic, ragebait slop surrounded by ads. Fool me once.