I would agree, but only to the extent that our society doesn't value science enough to effectively use all the scientists we produce already. Rather, it values more business and pushing money around, of maybe building things.
If there was some kind of crisis (say cold war) and we needed new inventions to survive, things might be really different. But right now, we are just comfortable with the world as it is with not much demand for radical transformation.
If there was some kind of crisis (say cold war) and we needed new inventions to survive, things might be really different. But right now, we are just comfortable with the world as it is with not much demand for radical transformation.