Theoretically, people would pay for the things they value and problems they want solved, and the market would do the rest. Practically, most people don't actua

Theoretically, people would pay for the things they value and problems they want solved, and the market would do the rest. Practically, most people don't actually have that many major problems that need solving, and it is pretty simple to invent something that isn't what someone needs, and convince them that they need it, then to come up with novel ideas. Industry and free enterprise does not solve problems much anymore. It sells the process of convincing people they have problems.