The market doesn't give out points for foresight. Indeed; in fact I'd argue the market (and society in general) flat out punishes foresight, especially when it

The market doesn't give out points for foresight. Indeed; in fact I'd argue the market (and society in general) flat out punishes foresight, especially when it's right. What's that old Heinlein quote about Cassandra? And I think this is why so many nerds/engineers are "unsuccessful", at least by market definitions, or why they end up bitter: they'd rather be right than rich. Just look at the deriding RMS gets, and yet "Right to Read" has more or less come to pass.