We got so good at optimization / scaling, etc that we apply that lens to everything.

When a new key input is now orders of magnitude cheaper, a new paradigm is waiting to be born.

During that period where the paradigm is waiting to explode onto the scene, the new low cost thing is already there… but the existing system continues on its own momentum, optimizing more and more.

Like a Wile E Coyote moment hanging in the air over the edge of the cliff before people notice the true potential of the new thing.