That is one of the scariest parts of humanity. I want to cheer for Google/Windows/Apple because if they succeed in huge ways it means we cracked the formula for

That is one of the scariest parts of humanity. I want to cheer for Google/Windows/Apple because if they succeed in huge ways it means we cracked the formula for progress. It means if we take resources and highly educated people and throw them at a problem we will solve it. The fact that those companies continually fail or get outmaneuvered by small teams with no money means there is not a consistent formula for success. No one wants monopolies, but the smartest people with infinite resources failing at consumer technology problems is scary when you extrapolate that to existential problem like a meteor.