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Actually I have plenty but no economic means to implement them. Bet that's true for more than a few people.
by transfire 10y ago
Actually I have plenty but no economic means to implement them. Bet that's true for more than a few people.
- MarkPNeyer 10y agoThis is probably true for a lot of people. The biggest problem with the concentration of wealth is that it limits innovation. A small group of people have all the resources they want to to play around with. They are now the bottlenecks to innovation.
- ap22213 10y agoWe currently have 10s of millions of highly educated scientists, engineers, programmers, technicians in the world. We have tools to collaborate and communicate. Global GDP is like 100 trillion. With that magnitude of resources available, we should be able to do big things. But, those with the capital have pretty much everything they need, so there's little motivation.
- Mz 10y agoI deleted my tongue in cheek remark from earlier to the effect that I am just getting started. I think it can be done, but you have to find a lightweight means to do it. Big ideas of each era have their own fingerprint and are unlike the big ideas of previous eras.