I'm reading HN because of the top 5%ile original thought leaders and ideas that I still get out from them.
The FB discussion isn't about anti-capitalism. It is the general theme of HN.
Like most HNers you are lacking imagination in what VR will do. Just like everyone who poo-poo'ed what is possible from Computers, Internet, Mobile Phones.
Yeah before iPhones, we already played with Palm Pilots and Microsoft CE hand held devices.
End users are all of humanity (minus some stubborn Luddites. But you never invest / build strategy around luddites)
If VR helps you master skills better, help firms to be more productive, that in itself is a good enough use case for everyone to use VR
The fact that VR systems can provide experiences closer to reality means the applications are boundless.
> Like most HNers you are lacking imagination in what VR will do. Just like everyone who poo-poo'ed what is possible from Computers, Internet, Mobile Phones.
You seem to make a lot of these sweeping statements. They're full of stupid assumptions and generalities. It's a boring shtick and I'm not really seeing you back it up with your dizzying intellect.
Besides being casually insulting to a huge group of people you don't know, it's also a profoundly stupid assertion.
There's no subset of people on HN that at any point poo-pooed computers, the Internet, or mobile phones. A significant population here have been involved in building those things. You're trying to assert that because someone isn't fawning over wide eyed promises of some technology they're some sort of backwards Luddite.
History is littered with technologies that did not revolutionize the world. There's little guarantee VR isn't going to end up in that heap. It's had a lot of promise for decades. It's got fundamental technological, ergonomic, and physiological problems to overcome before it's going to be attractive to anyone but enthusiasts. Even then there's no guarantee that it will take off in a significant way. Even if VR takes off there's no guarantee and little indication that Facebook's vision of VR will take off.
I've observed users of Usenet, Slashdot, HN -- a self selected group of smart people.
I was there when engineers of the 80s/90s poo, poo'ed commercial success of the internet.
I was there when engineers of the 90s poo, poo'ed iPhones (it's just a drive with a phone jack that can make calls)
I was there when engineers of the 00s poo, poo'ed Twitter, Instagram
Yes, I have sufficient data to safely conclude that smart people close their mind pretty early in their life (A curse of intelligence). There is in fact plenty of research around this. That's why you end with Grammar Nazi's, Language Nazi's, Social Media Nazis.
Very few escape the curse of intelligence (why would they? They pretty much get a cushy job and can lead a comfortable life with their blinders on).
> I was there when engineers of the 80s/90s poo, poo'ed commercial success of the internet.
> I was there when engineers of the 90s poo, poo'ed iPhones (it's just a drive with a phone jack that can make calls)
>I was there when engineers of the 00s poo, poo'ed Twitter, Instagram
A good portion of HN was also part of all those conversations, I know I was. Suggesting the zeitgeist of any of those fora was poopooing new technologies is ridiculous. The fact those fora were enabled by those technologies should tell you that your position is absurd.
You've created a strawman out of a fantasy cohort of technology enthusiasts ignorantly poopooing technologies. Because you can easily beat up your strawman you seem to have convinced yourself of your own superiority.
Maybe you should take your passive voice casual insults to some other forum. Go wow them with your Brobdingnagian intellect. Your valuable insights will be sorely missed but you're wasting your time here.
No, I'll stay here. I've always made the best investment when I bet against usenet, slashdot and HN 'popular' opinions.
One day HN will be irrelevant, as the true value creators will move on to something else. As a superior prognosticator, I'll know when and I'll leave ship.
The FB discussion isn't about anti-capitalism. It is the general theme of HN.
Like most HNers you are lacking imagination in what VR will do. Just like everyone who poo-poo'ed what is possible from Computers, Internet, Mobile Phones.
Yeah before iPhones, we already played with Palm Pilots and Microsoft CE hand held devices.
End users are all of humanity (minus some stubborn Luddites. But you never invest / build strategy around luddites)
If VR helps you master skills better, help firms to be more productive, that in itself is a good enough use case for everyone to use VR
The fact that VR systems can provide experiences closer to reality means the applications are boundless.