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Fair enough. I still think there are no shortage of folks with ambition in this generation compared to previous ones. But the one thing that I do think missing
by qqqwerty 6y ago
Fair enough. I still think there are no shortage of folks with ambition in this generation compared to previous ones. But the one thing that I do think missing is a "new frontier". Previous generations had oceans to sail, mountains to climb, etc... If definitely feels like there are fewer frontiers to explore in this era. But that is largely due to how much ground was already covered by previous generations and not really the fault of the current one.
The stars are basically the last frontier, but unfortunately, exploring those requires budgets that only big governments can afford. Well out of the realm of your garage-scale inventor.
- beaconstudios 6y agoI think there are more frontiers than we are generally aware of but for sure the lowest hanging fruit are already picked. Frontiers generally have to be invented by people willing to go out into the unknown, and I guess the willingness to try completely new things with no obvious benefit is what is missing. Startups are everywhere for those whose ambition is primarily "become wealthy", but most are funded and investors want a credible route to market. The clearest image that portrays this for me is the 60s scifi images where people were imagining robot butlers, flying cars and cities on the moon and under the sea, all by the year 2000. It really captures what's missing nowadays, and what Elon represents to a lot of people.