&gt; The future is having older wise folk write out proposals to ambitious projects, and have young people fill in the necessary parts.<p>Absolutely not. The most brilliant of minds made their marks on history at 30 or younger. Science has shown that, over time, learning becomes more difficult and slower. The whole idea of an older person being more &quot;wise&quot; is more of an old wive&#x27;s tale more than anything else.<p>Young people and old people alive can have great ideas. Inversely young and old can be great at simply cranking away at building things. The future mixes the young and old more and more making the young younger for longer and the old far more capable than ever before.