Reposted by matt tuckerbaum
Implementation & diffusion of general purpose technologies always takes longer than boosters expect because taking full advantage of the new affordances requires transforming institutions, skillsets & protocols—& those things are hard/slow to change. Consider electricity: www.bbc.com/news/busines...
bbc.com
Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing?
The internet shows, as with electricity, that real technological change takes time and imagination.