"Of course, that doesn't mean we should ignore and stop working on the affordability of housing. But it does mean that at some point, those won't be our most pressing problems and humans do have a habit of fighting the last war, not the next one."
VC's think they're better-equipped to judge "pressing problems" than most and I think that's dumb.
> ...is a skill that is in practice purely developed in order to do homework.
I would argue that it helps kids learn how to organize and formulate coherent thoughts and communicate with others. I'm sure it helps them do homework, too.