I had a friend many years ago that was a brilliant man; not the most socially gifted, but brilliant nonetheless. He very much enjoyed reading. I remember there was hardly a time that he didn't have a book in his hand. Unfortunately one day he was riding his bike to work, and guess what he was doing while he was riding his bike. He was reading a book. Because his focus was not on what mattered most, he didn't notice when his bike veered out into traffic and he was struck and killed instantly by an 18 wheeler.

I bring this up simply to point out that these learned individuals have buried their heads in their atomic level books while all the while the sands in the hourglass of their lives are methodically running out. How irrelevant will a technology breakthrough be for them if the cost is their soul?