[galaxyLogic]

Well that's the whole paradox of Fashion isn't it? You want to follow fashion but be almost at the top of it. If you are too much next year's style nobody thinks you fashionable but just crazy. But if you follow last year's trend you are also unfashionable.

The paradox is that nobody really knows what will be the next fashion and similarly nobody knows what's the next worthwhile problem-area to work with.

There's a good reason why fashionable problem-areas are well-researched it is because the results so far have been useful and promising.