Debunking the Tech Hype Cycle with Dan Olson
Factually! with Adam Conover
The Problem with Tech Industry Hype Cycles
The crypto collapse wiped out two trillion dollars in value in 2022, affecting normal people who had invested in the hype cycle/nThe tech industry is structured around having a completely transformative technology roll out every two years, but they have started running out of low hanging fruit to innovate/nCompanies resort to hyping up new technologies even if they might be snake oil, to maintain interest and investment/nHype cycles are created by huge corporations and investors who have a financial stake in persuading people to buy into the hype
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