Tech decades take: 1990s and 2000s invented everything, 2010s invented nothing
EddyVGG · x · 2026-10-07
A viral tech-decades take: 1990-2000 gave us the web, Li-ion batteries, and Wi-Fi; 2000-2010 the iPhone and Falcon 9; 2010-2020 "nothing"; 2020-2030 Starlink and AGI — "math is over." A quintessential contrarian tech meme.
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