I believe there is a small number of people who do the hard work on innovative projects and move humanity forward. The rest of us is ideally helping out with th

I believe there is a small number of people who do the hard work on innovative projects and move humanity forward. The rest of us is ideally helping out with the easier parts and maybe impeding said work. More of those key people would mean more economic growth around whatever they are doing. Can you get more of them? Yes if many smart people currently avoid STEM because it is low status, hard, and not really paid well compared to things really smart people can achieve. No if people who have the ability to do the hard work are inevitably drawn into it anyway.