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But the dot-com bubble wasn't overhyed in retrospect. It was under-hyped.


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arcfourlast Wednesday at 3:19 AM

At the time it was overhyped because just by adding .com to your company's name you could increase your valuation regardless of whether or not you had anything to do with the internet. Is that not stupid?

I think my comparison is apt; being a bubble and a truly society-altering technology are not mutually exclusive, and by virtue of it being a bubble, it is overhyped.

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