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Couldn't you write this about almost any technological innovation?

Traditionally, avant garde tech is very expensive and available in limited quantities, then prices come down and things become more broadly affordable.

Every drug was a whizzy new drug at some point. Most of them are now common and affordable. The people who the drug will help cheaply in 20 years will benefit greatly.

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