The problem this blog post describes, I've been working on for a few years - it's really not a hard problem per se, it's just a lot of meticulous work. I think

The problem this blog post describes, I've been working on for a few years - it's really not a hard problem per se, it's just a lot of meticulous work. I think that's in general the case - most problems in life are problems of you know what you ought to do, but is it what you want to do? Do you want to spend 5 years to try and solve a problem, with no promise of financial, social or personal reward? Do you want to save up for another 5 to give the next 5 a try? Do you want to spend 10 years on a goal that's no guarantee and that most other people will tell you is a bad idea vs working at FAANG? For most people, they are solving for securing a predictable career so that they can have a family and live their lives. What better way to secure your spot, if not by becoming or joining/enabling a monopoly in your little sphere of life? Why is FAANG a term? Because people want to join monopolies/potential monopolies to secure a predictable family future :) That's why software doesn't talk to one another for the most part - if it isn't enabling someone's potential monopoly - it isn't worth doing given most people's life goals. I don't think that's ever going to change unless we establish basic income creative people can raise a family on and I don't see why most people who aren't creative, would be in favor of such an arrangement, so we're stuck with what we've got :)