The momentum will never be there, Lisp is not geared for public consumption period. The commodification of programming and proliferation of languages like Java

The momentum will never be there, Lisp is not geared for public consumption period. The commodification of programming and proliferation of languages like Javascript and Python means not only that the "masses" lack fundamental understanding of Computer Science but that they have been conditioned to go after superficial ease-of-use rather than actual value. Anything that requires upfront effort to reveal its secrets is rejected for what is fundamentally broken but covered in a veneer of user friendliness. Python is the new Perl (Go is already gearing up to replace it where reliability is at stake) and in a couple of years the masses will look at it as a colossal and obvious failure, but they will make the same mistakes again and again when the next shiny thing comes along because the entire domain is rigged in multiple ways. I suggest reading Richard Gabriel's essays, they are very depressing but also illuminating. In many ways he predicted what is taking place now, the rise of commodification and the obliteration of the field by companies like Google. https://www.dreamsongs.com/Essays.html https://www.dreamsongs.com/Essays.html