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Comment by ilaksh | Hacker News Reader

Its not really an interesting product. Its a fad. The article really doesn't explain why fads happen.

I think humans are just dumb animals at heart who like shiny things and automatically copy what other humans are doing without even realizing it.

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Why is it not an interesting product? What is an interesting product in your opinion? Good to hear your thoughts.

Our ability to copy others is a sign of intelligence, not stupidity.

But our inability to realize we are copying and stop and think why is a sign of stupidity ;)

Or is there more going on and I am being stupid ? Like people being aware but doing it to fit in due to social instincts ?

I'd have gone with the && operator on this one.

copying others is a sign of intelligence, being unwilling to choose something of value to copy is a sign of a lesser intelligence

IMHO it is more about values, and not so much about intelligence.

While somewhat unique, the two are not seperable.

Animals that copy other animals tend to be the smarter ones.

Until they get sued for patent infringement.

Nerdwriter made a video about it recently :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSXxAlcbMK4

I've never handled one or seen one up close, and maybe that's why I'm not that interested in them. I've only heard about them a couple of weeks ago, when by chance, I saw a video about it on my YouTube feed.

And still, I had to ask myself: "what's the big deal?".

Guess I won't know until I actually handle one.

On the other hand, I had not heard of them until now, but had grabbed one that my nephew had the other day and felt it was a neat feeling widget. Would I buy one? Im not 7 years and have already held different balancing objects so it's not that novel to me, but I can see why kids like them.

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