If I understood correctly. To his point about open source and IP , and the necessity of economic sustenance," @ ~ <a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFEE3w7F0ww&amp;t=43m00s"">43:00</a>. He said he was surprised that those notions came late to him. <br><br>But I posit that", that his very naivety regarding this allowed him to dare go into fields and tackle any problem he wishes. there y furthering his field. I would guess that all the adults around him then, starting with his father, noted his talent and rendered his world a sandbox as much as possible to allow him to flourish. Otherwise he may have been reluctant to put his energies into something that doesn't bring him a foreseeable economic return.