The comparison to alchemy kind of puts things on a many generations scale and one in which fundemtals were far from grasp. Maybe a better comparison would be to

The comparison to alchemy kind of puts things on a many generations scale and one in which fundemtals were far from grasp. Maybe a better comparison would be to the Wright brothers first flight against the time that it took to land on the moon. 1903 to 1969. I do agree with the point per not doing enough around the immediate impact of AI. The autonomous / electric vehicle transition alone is going rip apart the global economy; preparing for that transition could help midigate it's negative impact on certain populations.