Tech Should Be Addressing the World’s Problems, Not the Elites’ Problems

You should care because the unexotic underclass can help address one of the biggest inefficiencies plaguing  the startup scene right now: the flood of  (ostensibly) smart, ambitious young people desperate to be entrepreneurs; and the embarrassingly idea-starved landscape where too many smart people are chasing too many dumb ideas, because they have none of their own (or, because  they suspect no one will invest in what they really want to do).

via The Unexotic Underclass | The MIT Entrepreneurship Review.

Fascinating analysis on the wasted effort of most creative technical efforts.