cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/108276
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
Alleged previous attempt: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1sM4y1H7MX/
cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/108276
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
Alleged previous attempt: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1sM4y1H7MX/
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Are you saying the lightbulb has only helped few people? Are you saying the lightbulb was not a major discovery?
The lightbulb changed the world and affected billions. The transistor changed the world and affected bullions. A room temperature superconductor likely will as well.
I think they’re saying the earliest invented lightbulb didn’t help the majority, it was the later mass produced in our daily lives model that did.
I don’t know shit about earliest lightbulbs, so I don’t know if that analogy really works tho.
I meant more so that the first lightbulb didn’t. It had to go through changes and be refined to actually be usable. Maybe a lightbulb wasn’t the best example, but the concept is that the initial discovery is not usually impactful to most people but the inventions those discoveries lead to are whats important to the everyday person. The superconductor has multiple issues, and I doubt this material will find its way in anything in our lives. But if opens a new avenue of research which will lead to other materials which will find their ways into our lives.
Of course the first light bulb didn’t change the world, but it paved the way. It was the start. This could be the same thing.