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Re:Ask HN: Who is building something that will change the wo... by kzzzznot on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:13AM (#21155505)
Ignoring the offensive language used, it should be noted that at every point in humanity (without being able to see into the future) the argument that “interesting stuff has been solved” could’ve been made.

I think we are actually at a very interesting time in history. World changing things like robotics, AI, space exploration have made huge advances recently, and there are still many industries that haven’t even invested in/been disrupted by software.

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Re:Ask HN: Who is building something that will change the wo... by DoreenMichele on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:20AM (#21155521)
"Everything that can be invented has been invented" -- goes back to an 1899 joke about closing the patent office and has apparently been oft repeated.

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2011/01/tracing-the-quote-every...

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