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The Technology Hype Cycle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-article-perpetuates-the-cycle dept.

jira writes "What does it take for a new gadget to be succesfull on the market? Which technologies will become part of everyday life in the future? BBC investigates the Techology Hype Cycle."

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  1. Re:Patents by essreenim · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I live in Ireland.
    If I want to buy an Intel proc. it will have been half constructed in Ireland to avoid corporation tax. Then it will be built some more in Malaysia - low labour cost. Next it will go to a distribution centre somewhere in Europe (where is not so important). Then on to a wholesaler in Ireland again...I am actually leaving out many loops here Im sure - its even worse!

    So, whats wrong with this??

    For a start, this is very inefficient and waistful of resources and is exactly why you can work 60-100 hours a week with billions of others around the world doing the same to achieve very little (Admit it - nothing changes fast in this world!) . Why? Because you (probably, and I) work in a sosiety whereby (Its not important whether we do or not - billions do) your taxes and labour - basically your combined contribution to society - is NOT being spent on the greater good of society - rather it is being spent on a processor that is on a permant holiday travel around the world, taking in all the sights (and remembering sun-tan lotion) of this wonderful world. If you don't want something better you can't have it.

    So, your inevitable response:

    All this cannot be changed over night - no it can't but it can be undone over time - with change. Capitalism must be taken back into the fiery chasm from whence it came.