I don't think you're wrong, but to air the other side: people don't want breakthrough tech, they want cheaper mortgages. That's why we spent trillions on mortga

I don't think you're wrong, but to air the other side: people don't want breakthrough tech, they want cheaper mortgages. That's why we spent trillions on mortgage subsidies and haven't even tried to build a Mars colony. The USSR fell because people didn't care about space exploration and Opera, they wanted washing machines and pop music.