Potential in place of purpose is what separates an iPad from an iPod, blockchains from databases, and generative AI from text editors. The more complex the product, the more potential it has to have potential. The more it can distract from it's own lack of usefulness.
haha, thought you’d enjoy it
I can’t help think of this song whenever I hear about the day’s new tech product that has the potential to change the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BngCSGJJNo
the key line is right at the end “elements of the past and the future, combining to make something not quite as a good as either”