Sure, the exponential drop in storage costs is a real thing, but using a 2023 study to frame Moore's original 1965 observation feels like looking in the rearview mirror to navigate forward.
Moore made his call based on the fleeting opportunity he saw in scaling back then, not on some future dataset; that window closes fast if you wait.
It's like trying to plan your whole trip to Fes using only last year's exchange rates for dirhams—you have to act on what's available now, not what will be analyzed decades later.
The actual informational context for his work was the immediate trend, the chips on the table at that moment.
You miss the opening if you're always waiting for the perfect, long-term analysis.