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What was supposed to be "The Next Big Thing", but totally flopped? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by AltF2@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which of musk's ideas were going to be big but flopped? I can't think of any.

[–] gun@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

With Elon, it's easy to give examples, because he could brush his teeth and will claim it's going to revolutionize everything.
The hyperloop proposed 10 years ago was supposed to revolutionize transportation and get you between SF and LA in an hour. It's totally dead in the water now.