Lex Sokolin: A graveyard of early attempts is rarely proof the thesis was wrong
LexSokolin · x · 2026-09-07
Fintech and AI commentator Lex Sokolin posted a short take: a graveyard of early attempts rarely proves the thesis wrong. Building the right application on missing infrastructure just looks like failure until the underlying rails catch up. It's a rebuttal to the common reasoning that "pioneers failed, so the direction is dead," relevant to ongoing debates about AI application-layer timing.
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