This also reminds me of Paul Graham's schlep article [1], which basically says that some of the hardest problems never get worked on because people are unable t

This also reminds me of Paul Graham's schlep article [1], which basically says that some of the hardest problems never get worked on because people are unable to see the solution due to the sheer amount of work involved. [1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html http://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html