For people who think this post is too much of a rant (not me; I like it), perhaps this article might provide a more interesting read: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/the-u... which summary of the finding of the national academy of sciences report which can be downloaded from here https://www.nap.edu/download/25196

Personally, I'm all for more progress on quantum information science topics, but I think it will be better for the field if we rein in some of the claims about the potential for the technology, and the timeframe when it will become practical.