The issue is a lack of leadership who're given adequate resources to reach a self-sustaining point - especially difficult as you're competing with relatively dumb money of the current status quo VC-finance industrial complex who're looking to maximize returns in 10 year periods, to pump and dump while putting as much pressure - extracting as much value as possible - from society.
If you extend the time horizon to 20-50 years with the right system, policy, and protocols in place to allow an exponential growth path - then you'll be "laughing to the bank;" Elon Musk is on this path because he understands the holistic, foundational principles, and the only limitation of how much he'll guide or lead success is his organizational and emotional regulation skills (stress management etc).
YC sees the path and has been working on organizational structures, created a great funnel for themselves. Elon similarly built up his nest egg through the work he's done and subsequent sales and paydays he's had - to then invest the substantial necessary investments into Tesla and SpaceX. It's really incredible to study to find the insights and nuances of how these seeds form and out of all the seeming chaos and pressures they can sprout, start blooming. The odds seem impossible, they however make it through the rigidity and conservation of the status quo - creativity seeming to lead the way for progress.
If you extend the time horizon to 20-50 years with the right system, policy, and protocols in place to allow an exponential growth path - then you'll be "laughing to the bank;" Elon Musk is on this path because he understands the holistic, foundational principles, and the only limitation of how much he'll guide or lead success is his organizational and emotional regulation skills (stress management etc).
YC sees the path and has been working on organizational structures, created a great funnel for themselves. Elon similarly built up his nest egg through the work he's done and subsequent sales and paydays he's had - to then invest the substantial necessary investments into Tesla and SpaceX. It's really incredible to study to find the insights and nuances of how these seeds form and out of all the seeming chaos and pressures they can sprout, start blooming. The odds seem impossible, they however make it through the rigidity and conservation of the status quo - creativity seeming to lead the way for progress.
Great quote, thanks for sharing.