Moo, This post of yours deserves a reply because it is thoughtful
and not reactive. OK, so you think computers should be demand
driven vs. technology driven. It's a noble idea. Make the machines
needed to solve a problem. Unfortunately, significant innovations
occur largely by accident or synergies that can't be predicted. That
is why directed projects, Get to the Moon, Hydrogen Bomb, cure Cancer,
etc. can be so expensive and time consuming. You have to throw
a lot of brainpower and activity at a particular conundrum in order
for the integration of data, ideas and failed pathways finally lead
to a workable solution. The same with society: Communism and
Socialism were built on noble ideas, demand driven solutions cooked
up by "great thinkers". But again, people work best by natural
interactions, rather than by intended social structures. Society
evolves what works, and what works is the technology of commerce,
families, personal relations. So learn an important lesson from
life, take whatever inventions, relations come your way and use them
to the fullest. Think up a noble justification afterwards.
As for your investments, follow the money makers, glorify them
when they make you rich. They deserve it.
Regards, David S.
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