The last 30 years has created a marvelous starting point, a solid platform to build truly great things. However the coolest stuff has not been invented yet — although this new greatness will not be more of the same-same that exists today. It will not be merely “better,” it will different, beyond, and other. But you knew that.
What you may not have realized is that today truly is a wide open frontier. It is the best time EVER in human history to begin.
You are not late.
I’ve been thinking about this post a lot lately. I’ve had it saved in various notes apps and bookmark archives for years, and it popped into my head the other day.
When you're inside a moment of change, you can't see its full shape. The entrepreneurs of 1985 didn't know they were living through a golden age because they were too busy wrestling with 300 baud modems.
What looks like a missed opportunity from the outside feels like chaos from the inside.
The real frontier has always been tolerating enough uncertainty to build something anyway.
