> Am I alone in thinking Probably not. Most people have trouble thinking long term. > this is somewhat pointless to discuss before the prerequisite technology

> Am I alone in thinking Probably not. Most people have trouble thinking long term. > this is somewhat pointless to discuss before the prerequisite technology is developed? People wouldn't develop said prerequisite technologies if there are no applications for it. This paper shows that if we would have those technologies we could get this neat thing. > there would be a thousand applications with a better return on investment than this. Name them.