The United States are apparently in turmoil. While the American public debt is growing at a frightening pace, and the dollar’s supremacy as currency of the world reserve is in doubt, a dark sickness grips its people. In 2022, the United States saw a record 50,000 suicides. Never before, in the last fifteen years, did so many people decide to take their own lives. Despite these weaknesses, the USA is still unparalleled in its capacity to attract and utilize talent. Also in 2022, American startups managed to collect 245 billion dollars in venture capital financing. This number alone equals that of the rest of the entire world. When it comes to the decisive game of scientific progress and technological innovation, the new frontier is right there where we left it. Trailing across the wild and undiscovered country of the deep West.