The Inexorable Invention of the Digital World

I really liked your observation that it's hard to think of inventions or products that came well before their time. I had this conversation with someone just the other day and he said, I've got a really good example of that. The original Newton, which was the Apple product, which was really the first handheld device, was a failure. But no one took that to mean that it could never be done. And of course, quote, shortly after, not so shortly, but by historical standards, very shortly after, a whole group of products came into beingThe smartphone, the Palm Pilot, and other devices were successful a few years later.