Thankfully this guy figured it out when he was only 30. He's still got lots of time to figure out new ways to use and market the skills he has acquired.
New thought: academia isn't broken, there are just too many people who want to be academics. What do people think?
In a perfect world, the growth in automation that improves efficiency should create more places for people who can engage in academic research for more longer term goals. Obviously wealth distribution is far from perfect.
I think it's really a wasted opportunity that so many are ready and willing to devote their lives to research and we can't make the economics work for it.
New thought: academia isn't broken, there are just too many people who want to be academics. What do people think?