The advancement of technology relies on the continuous refinement of mechanical designs and concepts.
The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.
By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.
To change the world, we need to combine Ancient wisdom with new technologies.