The next X prize

That's the free market. It sucks, sometimes.

[With respect to engineers] It's more than simply the free market. I
work for a state water agency, no offshoring going on there. But
society's interest in entertainment in the last couple of decades, and
decreasing interest in accomplishment, has rendered our agency a bad
place to work for engineers, just like many other places. Americans
want to be entertained, and think the material things they enjoy just
sort of happen to a deserving people. Imagine their surprise when they
find out ya gotta work for them.