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trekky1700 | 11 years ago

Because we wanted flying cars and all we got was online payments.

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michael_nielsen|11 years ago

The funny thing is, if I had to pick just one of those two, I'd definitely go for online payments.

nostrademons|11 years ago

So did everybody else. That's why we got online payments.

I wonder if much of the angst about how the future hasn't turned out the way we wanted is really "We got everything we wanted and it turns out what we wanted is this?" Markets are really good at fulfilling peoples' desires, but the problem is they fulfill people's actual wants, not what they wish they wanted. So it's like turning a spotlight on our desires and realizing that hey, we're all nothing more than human.