RIP Prof. Stephen Hawking. I am not very optimistic about another Stephen Hawking or an Einstein. How many of the best minds of our generation are attracted to

RIP Prof. Stephen Hawking. I am not very optimistic about another Stephen Hawking or an Einstein. How many of the best minds of our generation are attracted to Physics or Mathematics or Astronomy especially graduate level / Phds ? Some of the folks are getting into computer science but that doesnt help discoveries in cosmology.