And more importantly, how could any modern person get through life without a laser disc player? Or Google glass? Or Foursquare check-ins?
Which is to say: Your examples have a strong stink of survival bias. There are endless examples of technologies which failed, even where proponents were being heavily that they would be world changing.
Which is to say: Your examples have a strong stink of survival bias. There are endless examples of technologies which failed, even where proponents were being heavily that they would be world changing.