[gessha]

Nothing can beat Ponzi schemes because it's all promises and the returns only trickle up to the top, they are not evenly distributed.

There are ideas that can deliver VC-sized returns but they depend on a system state different from ours - scaled up energy system, housing market, education system, manufacturing capacity, research capacity, etc etc. Until we unscrew the current status quo, we(USA) will continue limping through these innovations without the capacity to fully utilize them.