Why doesn't society prioritize geniuses though? And does society really have a say in this decision process? Because it is pretty obvious that the ones decidin

Why doesn't society prioritize geniuses though? And does society really have a say in this decision process? Because it is pretty obvious that the ones deciding society-wide investment priorities are, for a lack of better word, the elites. As fellow HNer noticed in today's thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32120063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32120063 elites are very much used to having precise control over their environment, and known&unknown unknowns irritate them. From this POV natural geniuses are just such an instance of a hard to control variable, and so it's obvious that prioritization of geniuses would pose a problem to the elites. Who knows when a popular genius will decide to amass the political power and change the power balance? It seems that the current packaging of the brightest into the ivory tower of the academia is a compromise, where one side gets a certain amount of income and freedom, in return for giving away broader ambition. And at least to me, this is disappointing.