| >Bitcoin didn’t seem more than an intellectual exercise when it was introduced. I don't know sure it's a little more than that but barely, it does solve a problem (the banks being centralized and censorship prone etc.) but another way ti solve that problem would've been to change the financial system. >Facebook seemed like a way to stalk college students. It's not even that, people are more lonely than ever despite Facebook. >HN seemed like an alternative to Reddit. It's not? >An iPad seemed like a dumbed-down laptop. An iPad is literally a dumbed down laptop, has the same chip as a macbook, but a totally different dumbed down OS to not affect macbook sales. >Smartphones seemed like a desktop computer in your pocket. They're less than that in most ways except for select use cases. I mean sure be optimistic but those examples aren't the best. |