mobilize national resources towards some non-efficient end because we thought about the long term. Do we want to? I mean, the Bostrom and the Future of Humanity Institute. Yeah. I think asteroids are one of their top existential risks. Asteroid impacts. Is it worth it? It seems to me maybe it is to devote resources to ... That's a global problem. But there are things that I think certainly rich people on the planet would be willing to invest in, right? Yeah. And symbolically, I think it matters as well. Sure, man. 100%. To have this feeling of progress, whereas right now we effectively have a feeling of regression. And if you don't have these totems- Which stagnation? Yeah. If you're a significance in your achievement, I think it's easy to become disillusioned as a society. And what we've seen over the last three, four decades is it's much more convenient to pay McKinsey to tell you to outsource your supply chain than it is to invest in R&D or local staff or local factories. And now we (74/97)
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