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Oh, of course—no one in the past was hyped or excited about airplanes or cars. The Wright brothers took their first flight in complete obscurity, and Henry Ford quietly introduced the Model T with no fanfare whatsoever. No crowds gathered, no newspapers breathlessly covered these developments, and certainly, no one had strong opinions about how these technologies would reshape the world. Just pure, quiet progress.

And as for hype—what else could possibly spread information besides media? In the past, it was newspapers, expositions, and public demonstrations that built excitement. Today, it’s social media amplifying discussions. But surely, widespread interest in a technology today must mean it’s all just empty propaganda, because, as history shows, real groundbreaking innovations only succeed when no one is paying attention.

That’s why the iPhone was a total flop—Apple really should have just quietly released it in a few stores and hoped people figured it out instead of, you know, making a big deal about it.




Ok then go look at the financials and timeframe of Apple investing on the iPhone and the returns and than compare to those of the current wave of investment in "AI".


what does financials have to do with hype? You can have a lot of hype and no financials.




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