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> I think you're overstating the betting angle

My sister is currently 23 and I talk to her about this a lot. At least from what she tells me, I don’t think I am.

I mean… pump.fun exists…

Remember, the 20yo people now grew up with CS go betting, loot box mania, then sports betting, then crypto.

They’ve been cooked wrt gambling their whole lives.

> And there's still a ton of innovation going on in the tech industry

I don’t think that’s true, mostly.

Please give me some links. I’d honestly like to see where.

I feel so down on tech right now.

I feel like all I do is work on money making machines without solving actual problems for people.

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I’m quite curious what you consider innovation (and not)?

>> And there's still a ton of innovation going on in the tech industry

>I don’t think that’s true, mostly.

I mean there's all the work in the cloud-native space. Fusion and quantum remain speculative and probably relatively long term but you can't say there isn't a lot of innovative work going on there. Lots of little things in the Linux kernel and elsewhere in open source even beyond cloud-native. AI is probably a big deal depending upon how you define it although I'm more cautious than many here are.

> the cloud-native space

I'd argue that a big chunk of that particular space is sales innovation rather than tech innovation. But I'm admittedly pretty jaded and cynical of all the bs at this point.

I guess when I say “innovation” I’m not talking about advancements in science or incremental improvements to existing solutions, but using those advancements to solve real problems for people.

It feels like tech lost the plot. (This was most apparent during the NFT craze)

We advance technology for the sake of it, assuming that solutions will be found using this new technology.

There’s no focus on people anymore, just technology in the hopes that one will be a jackpot.

> AI is probably a big deal depending upon how you define it although I'm more cautious than many here are.

I think we’re on the same page here and it illustrates my point.

Innovation still happens, ofc. I think AlphaFold is a major innovation, for example.

I just feel like it’s no longer the focus of the industry at large

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