Go was created in part by Ken Thomson, and supported by Google Inc. In other words, completely the opposite of what you are talking about. Further, anyone who

Go was created in part by Ken Thomson, and supported by Google Inc. In other words, completely the opposite of what you are talking about. Further, anyone who uses the "ivory tower" identifies themselves immediately as someone incredibly biased and political. There are politics in science to be sure, but overall it's frowned on. Understand first principles. Understand your needs and the needs of others. Build something based on that. If you continually follow what is popular you will continue to be below average. By definition, popular is average.