Chris Dixon argued that breakthrough technologies are often hatched by hobbyists and that present-day tech hobbies can seed future industries.

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"Chris Dixon argued that breakthrough technologies are often hatched by hobbyists and that present-day tech hobbies can seed future industries."

Dixon points to the PC, the web, blogs, and much open-source software as technologies that emerged from hobbyist work before becoming mainstream.

Source title What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years

Source authors Chris Dixon

Source year 2013

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