Personally, this is why I find Ethereum so fun. I don't think anyone expects Ethereum to suddenly take over the world, but it's a really interesting testing gro

Personally, this is why I find Ethereum so fun. I don't think anyone expects Ethereum to suddenly take over the world, but it's a really interesting testing ground for a lot of fascinating ideas. If we were trying to identify a spiritual predecessor, it would definitely not be something like the Apple II. We're much more in "Mother of All Demos" territory. I would honestly be mildly surprised if I was actually making money programming Ethereum contracts in 10 years, but I would not be remotely surprised if I was doing something that owed its existence to the experiments the Ethereum team is doing.