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Tech is only fun while there is still a sensibility of obscene philistinism driving it. When cultural/ethical taste-making kicks in, it gets dull Cultural hype cycle. Philistines, hucksters/scenesters, subculturalists/moralists, normies, consultants...nobody for a bit...hipsters
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I’ve got nothing *against* stages 3+, but their arrival indicates things have slowed down past sound barrier. If things are slow enough people can form coherent moral/aesthetic takes, they’re too slow to be technically interesting (and for investors, too late for big returns)