The tech ecosystem has a “problem’s problem”, I mean, is it a real problem that we can’t order food 24/7 and in real-time track our wasabi? Isn’t the real problem growing waste mountains, global warming, ageing population and children dying in wars and of starvation? We can’t afford to think that someone somewhere will solve our global challenges. The positive-problem-solving-drive of the tech communities should be directed to building technology with real global impact. In short we need to redefine success as impact as well as financial, investors need more patience and allow big solutions to take longer than 3-5 years and not the least we all have a responsibility to encourage the brave ones who dare dream to solve our biggest challenges. Will Elon Musk free the world from carbon dependency? I don’t know. But he’s taking us closer to a solution and that’s more than most of can say.
