Epistemic standards for “Why did it take so long to invent X?”
Why is it taking so long to invent the semantic web? It could have a large economic impact, but solutions don't catch on. We have a specific way to say "I am a teapot", but not a generic way to unambiguously make simple statements like that. At least not a way that has gained traction.What's the missing tech? Maybe there isn't one, and we're just an Eli Whitney coder away from making it happen.