What value is being created here, exactly? There's plenty of idealistic notions being thrown around, but I've yet to see a single, real, useful product or service materialize
>Applied neural networks.
Same.
>Automation.
This is way too broad to be invested in. Of course the world is automating at a greater rate, but is this a cause for growth? Will automated factories produce more goods for the same consumers?
>Good electric cars. To the point where people are prepaying for something that might be built in a few years.
Again, how is this growth? People will simply replace their existing cars at a known rate with electric cars as they become available/affordable
>Good cheap batteries.
Granted this one would be a technological revolution greater than the internet, but it's just a fantasy for now. I think the grandparent is dead on here. Real inflation is 10 times the official rate since the mid 2000s. We are all playing with funny money these days, and this won't end well.