Too Long; Didn't Read
The noise about disruptive tech is deafening; <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/market-snapshot-bitcoin-prices-plunge-153119023.html" target="_blank">Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) creating crypto-millionaires at a pace causing even governments to worry</a>, <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-09-biomedical-human-brain-internet-real.html" target="_blank">brain + machine interfaces</a> and <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apples-faceid-could-be-a-powerful-tool-for-mass-spying/" target="_blank">your face replacing your fingerprints/passwords</a>. These, and other propositions that truly make it seem like we live in a world that is moving faster than most of us can adapt to. But which of these technologies will go beyond the hype and truly change our lives at scale? Which of these will be a General Purpose <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology" target="_blank">Technology</a> (GPT).