"The phonograph is not of any commercial value." - Thomas Edison, 1880
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." -Charles Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899
"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." - Albert Einstein, 1932
"Man will not fly for 50 years." - Wilbur Wright, 1903
"I think there is a world market for about five computers." -Thomas Watson, founder of IBM, 1958
"The Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market for itself." - Business Week, 1968
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981
What current technologies are being treated like this?
What is coming that is going to change everything?
Reading these quotes changes the way I listen to science and technology reporting.
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