If you want to draw from history there are multiple successful examples of this in science and engineering at least: Bletchley Park, the Manhattan Project, Moon Landings.
Making the mRNA Covid Vaccinnes.It's truly incredible what the world can do, when it decides to focus on a singular goal.
I suppose the point I was making, was that the Engineers and Physicists and others, while working on the Manhattan project couldn't be doing other things.
And to develop those people takes years of education and training, and most people don't have the cognitive ability to do that kind of work. The pipeline to produce more of those workers, is skinny indeed.
Whereas now, we're limited by how many electrons we can put to work. The question then becomes, "Could our electricity be put to better use?"
I suppose the point I was making, was that the Engineers and Physicists and others, while working on the Manhattan project couldn't be doing other things.
And to develop those people takes years of education and training, and most people don't have the cognitive ability to do that kind of work. The pipeline to produce more of those workers, is skinny indeed.
Whereas now, we're limited by how many electrons we can put to work. The question then becomes, "Could our electricity be put to better use?"