The tech industry seems to earn a lot of money, employ a lot of people and have us on an unparalleled rate of change.
Their current theory is, 1 in 100 things pan out and when they do they make up for all the fails.
This article doesn't really provide evidence this high risk approach is not worth it. Who knows, perhaps other applications might pop out of the technology. Perhaps it's a more obvious 99% in the fail basket. But being overly cautious can also cripple you.
The tech industry seems to earn a lot of money, employ a lot of people and have us on an unparalleled rate of change.
Their current theory is, 1 in 100 things pan out and when they do they make up for all the fails.
This article doesn't really provide evidence this high risk approach is not worth it. Who knows, perhaps other applications might pop out of the technology. Perhaps it's a more obvious 99% in the fail basket. But being overly cautious can also cripple you.
But a good write up on why the tech sucks.