Tech discourse is always addicted to the future. The most respected people in the field shit their pants as soon as you ask them about last year's outcomes instead of next year's predictions.
Absolutely! But when people try to sell you the thing that is guaranteed to make everything better, and then it turns out they were selling another product with the same pitch last year... It makes you go hmm.
People like things to happen in real time. So they are sold that way. But reality of course, is different. I hear you. Snake oil awareness is important.
