Not only large datasets, but the elasticity of a community to revisit old ideas from a new angle. Computer vision has been very good in this regard overall, tho

Not only large datasets, but the elasticity of a community to revisit old ideas from a new angle. Computer vision has been very good in this regard overall, though there were some dark times (https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10152034328862143 https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10152034328862143).