I'm not sure why this is on Hacker News, but while it is here, I'd highly recommend reading some of Coates works. Regardless of if you end up agreeing with him

I'm not sure why this is on Hacker News, but while it is here, I'd highly recommend reading some of Coates works. Regardless of if you end up agreeing with him, he does a spectacular job of making you see things from a new point of view.