eon, nonstarter, the fabric of everyday life

 Twelve years is an eon in information technology time. Venmo, which I can use to share restaurant bills, buy fresh fruit at sidewalk kiosks, and much more, was also introduced in 2009. Apple unveiled its first-generation iPad in 2010. Zoom came into use in 2012. By the time a technology gets as old as cryptocurrency, we expect it either to have become part of the fabric of everyday life or to have been given up as a nonstarter.

non-starter

/nɒnˈstɑːtə/

noun

noun: nonstarter

1. a person or animal that fails to take part in a race.

   "Gawley wasn't the only non-starter at Donington"

   • INFORMAL

     a person or plan that has no chance of succeeding or being effective.

     "as a business proposition it's a non-starter"

aeon

/ˈiːən/

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noun

noun: eon

1. 1.

   an indefinite and very long period of time.

   "he reached the crag aeons before I arrived"

   相似詞：

   age

   epoch

   generation

   year

   time

   long period

   an eternity

   a long time
2. 2.

   PHILOSOPHY

   (in Neoplatonism, Platonism, and Gnosticism) a power existing from eternity; an emanation or phase of the supreme deity.