You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don’t have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose.

The remark underscores a recurring theme in technology history: technical excellence alone does not confer value. Tools become meaningful only when embedded in a social setting—users who understand them, want them, and collectively sustain their use. By emphasizing “community,” the quote shifts attention from invention to adoption, trust, and shared norms: the networks of people who give a platform its purpose and momentum. It also implies a critique of technocentrism, suggesting that designers and entrepreneurs should prioritize human needs, participation, and enthusiasm over features. In short, technology is instrumental; community supplies the ends, the energy, and the legitimacy that make it matter.