i think Hi-Tech _does_ address real issues -- just not issues that most people care about, or would agree with. e.g., when the US government funds bio/tech res

i think Hi-Tech _does_ address real issues -- just not issues that most people care about, or would agree with. e.g., when the US government funds bio/tech research, often through the Pentagon System, but also via agencies like the FBI/CIA/DOE/etc., are they interested in having pizza delivered by drone? Or are they trying to make sure that the American 1% stays in control of the Chinese 1%, the Indian 1%, the EU 1%, etc., and making sure that all that US spending doesn't rile up the poors in America (democracy?!), or anywhere else? The Pentagon System, by Noam Chomsky https://sites.google.com/view/the-pentagon-system/the_pentagon_system_by_noam_chomsky https://sites.google.com/view/the-pentagon-system/the_pentag... so, imo, if you help solve real issues (that the rich care about), then you're probably going to be rewarded very well. whether you help do that by directly controlling or distracting people, either through the prison industrial complex, social media/surveillance, or tv/sports/netflix/hollywood/advertising/propaganda, great -- the money is going to flow into your coffers. but, if you decide you want to do something that is potentially good for regular people, the money is going to dry up real quick, but usually it will never have been there in the first place. so, imo, even companies that start out aiming to do generally good-ish things for regular people, the investors of those companies are not investing unless they can see the prize hanging there -- the big cash-out, the new way to control the domestic population, the better way to turn the US into a third world/developing economy, a new lever of power to control other rising powers or even 'just' private power rivals in the US (think GOP Party -- manufacturing, vs. Dem Party -- finance).