Comment by EyeEmOe

> But as an inventor it might be easier for one’s ego to tell yourself “i was just ahead of my time” than “my judgement was completely off”.

This has more to do with the economy than ego. When one's ability to eat and have shelter relies on "inventing" the inventor will invent a new wheel to sell to a tribe that's pre-wheel.

This no longer works as well in software given the number of people who code, and the various forms of automation (AI or design tool that emits code, etc) to assist those who do not.

No pulling the wool with a fancy abstraction alone. It's just math relative to a matrix of desirable values loaded in memory.

The normal progression of technology coupled to economic models written down by long dead who were too busy enslaving people to invent indoor plumbing.