I would really love to see other ideas for physics than going higher energy colliders. Granted, my knowledge is limited, but to me it feels like in experimental

I would really love to see other ideas for physics than going higher energy colliders. Granted, my knowledge is limited, but to me it feels like in experimental physics right now there is a bunch of expensive and complex experiments that look like they reached diminishing returns. Generally, in tech it feels like we keep eeking out small improvements in efficiency, but there is nothing that jumps us up a level. But also: * govs and central banks all over the world are printing money like crazy so the economy doesn't tank * important research projects still battle for funding * climate change battling measures, like building clean power plants and storage, are not built at large enough scale because money is not there Where is all the trillions going? Stock market and real estate? Cool. Do we get any value out of it? Is pensions funds all that matters anymore?