Sure, but this only gets you to a local maximum because eventually you pass the point where it is objectively worth it to revisit the foundations of computing.

Sure, but this only gets you to a local maximum because eventually you pass the point where it is objectively worth it to revisit the foundations of computing. This is the downside of human sentience and global communication where we are incapable of exploring different paths in an evolutionary fashion because we know it's not worth it unless a critical mass joins us, and we know a critical mass will never join us on something that is too foundational across existing bodies of work.