There is always a need for both short-term and long-term thinking. If I am running a company, I am thinking short-term (at least when it comes to tooling). If I

There is always a need for both short-term and long-term thinking. If I am running a company, I am thinking short-term (at least when it comes to tooling). If I am dreaming or doing cutting edge research, I am thinking long-term. I think we are still just babies in the history of programming. 50 years is nothing.