A surefire way to be on the cutting edge of a field is invention! I believe that humanity is on the infancy of immortality. To discount the possibility of what comes in the foreknowledge of our minds is a great disservice to our race. The 3rd world will break such state of underdevelopment by exploring knowledge with pure courage. Relying on a hand me down technology is out of the question as humanity have just barely scratch the mind in the universe. There are many directions that knowledge can turn. The 3rd world must start to trailblaze one that is most compatible with their culture and experience so that in the end we can be armed with a barter mechanism for participating in the strides of all human race.