Debating which particular technologies are "big" and "small" is rather silly IMHO. No offense to armchair commenters on Hacker News, but this is not a new topic

Debating which particular technologies are "big" and "small" is rather silly IMHO. No offense to armchair commenters on Hacker News, but this is not a new topic where we are breaking fresh ground. For example, there are numerous articles on Innovation Policy, such as http://www.itif.org/publications/global-innovation-policy-index http://www.itif.org/publications/global-innovation-policy-in...