"People (even scientists) tend to overestimate the "deepness" of technological advancement and underestimate the "wideness"." Very interesting thought, that ou

"People (even scientists) tend to overestimate the "deepness" of technological advancement and underestimate the "wideness"." Very interesting thought, that our predictions have a bias toward "vertical" advancement -- vast improvements in areas addressed by tech that we already have -- rather than the "horizontal" creation and filling of new niches in demand.