Around '93 '94 the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very very underestimated for about two years.
Mysticism poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.
The power of visibility can never be underestimated.
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame but probably only for this reason that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
It's always good to be underestimated.