Based on the interviews with Jon Carmack, he is very intelligent, realistic, reflective. Therefore, he realistically estimates his skills and the complexity of a problem. He said he would possible make an impact - and he can - by potentially attracting more attention to the field from researchers and investors, by building tools, that would help in researching the problem, by, at least, showing promising paths. He may start to dig into the problem in “Victorian Gentleman Scientist” style, but then attract investments and scale up. We can speculate and guess - time will show, fingers crossed.

This “Victorian Gentleman Scientist” style is something I am longing for. I cannot go back to the academia now with family, or spend large chunks of my time on any research, but I really want to be able to afford it. Sure, most probably, I ll become soon disillusioned with the routine of a researcher, or jump between topics of research, or just did not contribute anything meaningful, but I'd really wish there was a possibility for me, other people to afford such lifestyle.