Good question on new ideas vs old ideas. Seems to me the computer industry needs some young brains, raised around the internet, to generate some major new theoretical ideas for computers. Seems to me it must already be occuring below the radar. When it happens, it shouldn't be too hard to spot. It will make cool new things possible, and won't make sense to most people over 25.
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