re: #129 Targetpractice

I keep mentioning the Dot Com Boom/Bust, but history’s replete with cases of the next “big technology” sputtering out. Once upon a time, everything was going to be atomic-powered and we’d never need fossil fuels again. Or robots were going to replace all the workers and we’d lead lives of luxury free from drudgery of physical labor. Bioengineering was going to solve all the world’s problems in our lifetimes and eventually lead to immortality. And so many other industries that boomed and busted in our lifetimes.

hype always precedes reality