Imagine building something that no one is using, and then building something on top of that even less people can use unless it's under the most strict conditions, that no ordinary person will tolerate under any circumstances... and then thinking.
"THIS IS GOING TO RAWK!"
No, it's not going to rawk. It's going to die a slow death after the initial excitement in a small number of people wears off, unless a radical change happens...whatever that may look like.
And even as it's launched, all people can think of saying in these place is, "GM FRENZ", when the world is on the brink of WW3 and events unimaginable are commonplace.
This is a picture of the failure of a generation with the greatests tools and frameworks in the history of mankind at their fingertips...and all they can come up with is, "GM FRENZ".
This is the generation that could kill the Federal Reserve and usher in a golden age of financial liberty, flexibility, and absolute monetary justice. They could still kill it...well...at least the ones who are awake.
Instead, they set up strawman problems to solve, the solution of which do not result in the world changing, solutions designed to completely avoid confrontation of any kind with any body.
And herein is the key. There are people with the super powers required to fix problems but who abhor confrontation so much, they are paralysed in the one area that is a prerequisite to making global change
The ability to make decisions themselves.
All the great technologists have one thing in common; they are so convinced of their principles and solutions that they have absolutely no hesitation to tell anyone about how and what they think about any subject; in fact, they fall over themselves to do so at every opportunity.
If you can't articulate what you believe, if you are paralysed by indecision, if you are a a disinterested and deluded coward, you can't help anyone, and the powers you have are nullified by your low character.
Meanwhile...
The tiny number of people who don't suffer from these character flaws, and who have the means, are able to do things that change the world. Even if after they do that, they turn to the Dark Side, if they've left something behind that is good, perhaps that is all they were born for; that one single good thing that changed everything...like Dr. Richard Daystrom, and the Duotronics breakthrough that profoundly changed computer science forever.
The time you're living through is without precedent. On many fronts, fundamental changes to how man interacts with man are at the fingertips of every person of every class. How could you shrink from this challenge? How could you not see yourself in the rôle of an active participant bound for glory (Excalibur final scene: Arthur kills Mordred).
How can you not...get this?
You've woken up on the shore of your subconscious. You don't know where you are, how you got there, why you're there, how to get back to the real world...but several levels up, the real world is there, and so is your real life, and everyone who is really alive.
PROTIP: That's where you want to be. Not in a dream world where you're deceiving yourself that you're living; the real world is where life is, not deep down there on that beach.
