I would think that any regular reader of HN would think this list is tame and unimaginative. But I'll agree that investing in computational power is worthwhile

I would think that any regular reader of HN would think this list is tame and unimaginative. But I'll agree that investing in computational power is worthwhile. I say that because of all of this year's news in quantum computing, and because the amount of energy required to represent and flip a single bit should be infinitesimal. So I don't think that it's been shown in principle that achieving higher speeds requires higher (at runtime anyway). Honestly, it should be NATO initiative. It would be worth a lot more than landing on the moon.