In the 1960's you probably could have flipped a coin between tech and advertising.
VR technology was also thought to be a revolution a decade back and it hasn't really delivered. Or take crypto for instance. Is it a financial revolution that will build a mega-corp like Amazon or Google in the upcoming decades or will it slowly fade away.
My conceptual problem was back then I couldn’t imagine people paying a monthly fee to access the Internet.
Apparently Americans have A LOT of disposable income.
Never underestimate how willing other people are to spend money on things that you consider frivolous.
The trap is to accidentally consider your values as universals. You haven't known obsession until you've hung out with some model railroad guys.