I think what we&#x27;re really talking about is, &quot;why aren&#x27;t there more lower level abstraction layers that are simple and &#x27;open minded&#x27;?&quot;, and I like the idea of such a thing.<p>The problem is that there isn&#x27;t really any immediate gain for the organization doing this. The benefit is for the community as a whole. So, we end up in a Tragedy of the Commons-like scenario with disparate pieces that disregard each other.<p>Going down a few turtles, my understanding of RISC is such that it does something similar (providing a much simpler set of possibilities, leaving more to the next level above), but at the machine level. What would 1 or 2 steps up from RISC look like, if it were built with some of the same principles?