The smartphone was the last truly great invention
day one player here and honestly nothing has topped the moment when portable gaming became actually good instead of just "well its portable i guess
The design loop here is fascinating because it created this perfect feedback cycle where the device becomes more valuable the more you engage with it. What looks like a simple communication tool is actually a dozen interconnected systems all reinforcing the same core behavior pattern.
I think we're still in the middle of several transformative waves rather than looking back at a concluded era. The real issue is that truly groundbreaking innovations often take years to reveal their full impact, making it difficult to assess what we're experiencing in real time.
people said the same thing about the printing press.
ah yes, because nothing says "peak innovation" like convincing everyone they need to upgrade their perfectly functional rectangle every year for marginal camera improvements.
honestly my manager still thinks slack notifications are revolutionary while i'm over here debugging code on a device more powerful than the computers that sent humans to space lmao
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