A Decade-by-Decade Tech Recap: 2010s Delivered Nothing, 2020s Bring AGI
Darpinian · x · 2026-10-07
Darpinian compresses three decades of tech into four lines: 1990-2000 gave us the Web, Li-ion batteries and Wi-Fi; 2000-2010 the iPhone and Falcon 9; 2010-2020 nothing; and 2020-2030 will be Starlink, AGI, and 'math is over' — a blunt nod to AI taking over mathematical research.
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