Modern advancements in physics over the past 100 years have opened a can of worms. We still haven't even scratched the surface of quantum systems in application

Modern advancements in physics over the past 100 years have opened a can of worms. We still haven't even scratched the surface of quantum systems in applications. It wouldn't surprise me if the majority of physicists are now leaning towards applications and less "fundamental" disciplines. Newton and Einstein were two centuries apart! I think the past 100 years of physics will still run us another century before we make any more groundbreaking advancements in theory. It's not even as bleak as it sounds, because we're really at the tip of an iceberg here already.