I wonder what the better pithy phrase would be then for "thing that is *obviousl...

tptacek · 2026-06-15T22:30:14 1781562614

You could reasonably call it "overhyped". People will disagree with you, but that's fine; you won't be making a falsifiable claim.

akerl_ · 2026-06-15T22:27:40 1781562460

That seems pretty par for the course for every major advancement in technology. So maybe just “capitalism”?

It’s hard for me to think of any piece of new tech that hasn’t been over hyped by the people selling it.

girvo · 2026-06-15T22:29:35 1781562575

For sure. I'd argue this cycle is operating at a different scale though