can we not conflate facebook.com and twitter with big tech? big tech is driving many of the technological advancements that have brought a new era of economic prosperity and growth to the world. hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs, tools for small businesses, a wealth of high quality information at our fingertips, the likes of which was one generation ago unimaginable.
More on localized tech that we use directly day to day. All the things you mentioned are big scale things that need large economic inputs, some larger than entire small nations to get off the ground. While they can impact us, they are things that are much more nebulous and vague to experience.
The most impactful technologies typically emerge without too much fanfare. There's usually a small group of people who see the potential in a nascent technology and understand that if certain things fell in place, the technology could be a big deal.
Which technologies are a few steps away from becoming important in the next 5 years?
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