8-1c4 ‘Killer application’ is knowledge-technology-universality that begets reflexivity between app-platform-people by pushing people over the threshold

“The biggest surprise to me is that ChatGPT kicked off the spending boom. The use cases for ChatGPT have generally been limited from the start—search, students cheating, and coding. Now there are better LLMs for coding. But it was a chatbot that kicked off trillions in spending.” – Michael Burry (20260110)

Next:

• 8-1c5 Look for Lollapalooza, or system equivalent of critical mass, or chemical equivalent of activation energy, alloying, and catalysts

Related:

• 7-1d2a The relation between technology and the problem-situation (i.e., culture and mind) is reflexive

• 10-2g4 Cultures and languages are reflexive

• 9-4a Writing is fighting, and good writing can fuel technological progress

• 8-1c4d5a This is a specific case where we need the knowledge-technology-universality to push app-platform-people over the threshold

• 8-2b2c The iPhone (or the blockchain) moment

  • 8-1c4a Smartphones skyrocketed online screen time

• QUE5 - What platforms are there. What makes people get on new platforms. What else can be deployed on that platform. (E.g., Crypto wallets and AR glasses)

• 5-3b Knowledge creates new frontiers (and new markets)

• “Killer application” ↔ push people over the threshold ↔ successful platform (e.g., texting and visual voicemail ↔ iPhone ⇒ why Twitter has 140-character limit)

• Popular magazines ⇒ literacy. TV ⇒ short story. Web ⇒ essay. Blockchain ⇒ ?