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What's happening now is the commoditization of the tech that started gaining traction in the early 90's. Speaking from a macroeconomic standpoint this is where
by mixmax 17y ago
What's happening now is the commoditization of the tech that started gaining traction in the early 90's. Speaking from a macroeconomic standpoint this is where all the fun is.
- run4yourlives 17y agoDepends on how you define fun, and where you sit. All the "fun" stuff from the 80's and 90's has turned into companies like Apple, Microsoft, Nokia and Motorola. Their founders have been living what I'm sure they would consider "fun" lives for quite a while. :-)
- mixmax 17y agoWhat I meant by fun was higher productivity, better utilisation of resources, rise in GDP based on innovation and that sort of stuff. What is fun to one is, well something else, to another. :-)
- bsaunder 17y agoIt's not just the commoditization, but our efficiency. Searching for information is oodles easier (to use a technical term ;) than it has been (say pre-google/wikipedia). Furthermore, on-line communities like HN filter up all of the more interesting new pieces of information resulting in much quicker dissemination of good ideas.