[biohacker42]

In order to put them in volume production, you need a well-defined market and a distribution strategy

Dean's frustrations with the realpolitik of the world are somewhat surprising.

A man of his intellect should have understood a long time ago that broken states are not going to be fixed by technology. But I suppose he's also a great idealist and that would color his view of the world.

The bottom line is no matter how great your technology for clean water or dung powered engines is, it can't fix a broken state run by thugs and criminals.

Truly fixing the world is much harder then building sterling engines. But it is possible. The proper reaction is not to get frustrated but to change strategies.

Dean is smart and while he may not be as experienced with 3rd world politics as he is with technology, his wealth and intellect could make a GREAT difference IF he truly looked at realpolitiks as an engineering challenge, rather then get frustrated and discouraged by it.

[jacquesm]

Technologists can have all kinds of disconnects from how things really work, when you're good at fixing and inventing machinery the temptation is to view everything as a machine and to 'fix' it in some way.

The worlds problems are not going to be solved by a single individual, no matter how gifted, but you can't fault a guy for trying.