Then again, it's possible that a new paradigm is right around the corner and will fundamentally disrupt everyone including the Silicon Valley elite. Of course,

Then again, it's possible that a new paradigm is right around the corner and will fundamentally disrupt everyone including the Silicon Valley elite. Of course, most of us have no idea what it will be -- some radical advance in biotech such as CRISPR[1], huge advances in 3-D printing, virtual reality workplaces, cold fusion, discovering and harnessing gravitons, virtually-sentient robotic devices, teleportation of physical objects.... When this happens--and given the rate of acceleration of new discoveries in our hyper-connected, 24x7 world, it's definitely "when" and not "if"--we will experience massive economic disruption that will be exploited by a new generation of visionaries. Those visionaries won't necessarily be the same people who are really good with javascript. It will be yet another class, and the javascript folks will become the elders, like Gates and Ellison. Should be an interesting time; hope I'm around to see it and take part in it! 1. http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-the-disruptor-1.17673 http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-the-disruptor-1.17673