[motivated_gear]

The R&D that went into your phone can be derived from wall street types buying cell phones in the 90s.

As technology gets better, the probability that it will become affordable to the masses increases greatly. It's not guaranteed, but its definitely non-zero.

[darkpuma]

The miniaturization of transistors ain't jet science.

[smt88]

We don't even want it to become affordable to the masses because it uses exponentially more fuel. That's part of the problem.

[motivated_gear]

A car consumes exponentially more fuel than a horse