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And it’s wrong not because of the “toy” part but because of the “next big thing” part.
There is absolutely no guarantee of a ”next”, a ”big” or “a thing“ coming, regardless of origin.
A different future is not inevitable, at best it’s a toss up. This last decade went for inertia. Next one? Who knows...
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And it’s wrong not because of the “toy” part but because of the “next big thing” part.
There is absolutely no guarantee of a ”next”, a ”big” or “a thing“ coming, regardless of origin.
A different future is not inevitable, at best it’s a toss up. This last decade went for inertia. Next one? Who knows...