I could have started a for-profit, venture-backed business that has a good spirit, and I think there are many of them - Google for instance. Maybe I could reach a billion people. That is high impact, but what happens in 50 years?
I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.
People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.