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> Many of the most useful technologies started out as trivialities. ... and the vast majority of trivialities remained just that, trivialities. Looking at a ha
by neilc 19y ago
> Many of the most useful technologies started out as trivialities.
... and the vast majority of trivialities remained just that, trivialities. Looking at a handful of successful technologies and then tracing them back to when they were trivial is vulnerable to selection bias.