Whatever happened to the Next Big Things?

Re:Whatever happened to the Next Big Things? by silverlake on Monday December 23, 2019 @03:26PM (#21867041)

His chart for Internet use goes from 1995 to 2019. He forgets that TCP/IP was invented in 1974. So it took 20 years to get to 16M users. The first cell phone was invented in 1983. The first personal computer around 1975. Even neural networks were developed before 1970. All big ideas take much longer than everyone thinks.

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Re:Whatever happened to the Next Big Things? by asdf21 on Monday December 23, 2019 @07:28PM (#21868829)

So what got invented in the last ten years that is going to be huge?

I'd go with Crispr.. and stem cell therapy.

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Re:Whatever happened to the Next Big Things? by boublepop on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @05:52PM (#21875491)

Weight loss drugs. Not just like all those historical diets that don’t actually work, but real proven weight loss drugs that stays after you stop taking them. Current products show around 7% weight loss, but once they hit around 20%, that’s enough to unleash a snowball effect that keeps people going all the way to their target weight. Those might actually wipe out obesity completely.

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