AI is a rare example of an extremely hyped thing that almost everyone still underestimates the impact of in even the medium-term. what are other examples of this from the past couple of decades besides the iPhone? i'm curious what we can learn.

Aug 15, 2022 · 8:22 PM UTC

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The wheel, penicillin, bikini, microwave, WFH
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The internet?
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I feel that much of this gap is attributed to the narratives of AI, and how most of the general public doesn’t know what AI is?
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We spend billions on defense healthcare, and technology/AI to protect lives, and yet the microscopic viruses manage to annihilate the entire cities and regions in a heartbeat. We grossly underestimate these mighty, microscopic creatures
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Television and Radio, they set the stage for what would become the modern world, oh, and the air conditioner.
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Solar for individual homes.
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Climate Change. It is extremely under hyped and we continue to understimate its impact even in the short-term. It will be a tussle between mitigation and adaptation. A lot of areas are quickly turning inhabitable, so forced migration to habitable areas will be a big learning.
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Well of course tv. Typewriters ,gps
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BCI
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Social media and GPS
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