For a flight to Mars to become a reality, a high-tech engineer must wake up every day to do what high-tech was invented for: changing the world in ways most people can only dream of. This gives him a sense of purpose and success. If he also feels loved and happy, he will look forward to returning tomorrow to achieve what others don’t even understand. Without this, there might be no flight to Mars.
If our engineer doesn’t have the fulfilling family life he desires, his creativity and productivity may drop. The Mars mission could be delayed—and Elon will be blamed.
We all know how the chain reaction works: our engineer wants his spouse to be happy; his spouse wants their daughter to be happy; and their daughter wants a pony to be happy. If the daughter isn’t happy, the spouse isn’t happy. If the spouse isn’t happy, our engineer isn’t happy—and the flight to Mars is delayed. And, of course, Elon gets blamed.
Now, the spouse wants a career, which we all understand and respect. But she cannot work full-time, manage a household, raise a daughter, and feed that daughter’s pony three times a day. It simply doesn’t add up.
This is where the SlowFeeding 2.0 factory comes in.
The spouse wakes up and goes to her rewarding job at the SlowFeeding factory. Meanwhile, our engineer has breakfast with his daughter and drops her at preschool before heading to the lab to finish the spaceship on schedule.
At 1 PM, the spouse finishes her shift. She has the afternoon to manage the family’s needs, pick up her daughter, and head to the stable. They have fun with the pony and fill the SlowFeeder in one go. They handle the rest of the “Family Manager” chores and head home to prepare dinner. When our high-tech engineer arrives home, everyone is happy after a fantastic day.
So, why was the pony so important?
The pony made the daughter happy, which kept the chain of happiness intact. But if that pony hadn’t had a SlowFeeder 2.0, the spouse would have had to drive to the stable three times a day. The schedule would have collapsed, the harmony would have been wrecked, and the flight to Mars would have been delayed. And Elon? He would have been blamed.
Summary: Let us build a SlowFeeding factory. Let’s make it possible for daughters to have ponies and for families to thrive. Let’s make everyone happy—including Elon, who will get his spaceship off the ground on time.
Conclusion: It takes No-Tech, Low-Tech, and High-Tech to get us to Mars. Let’s build the SlowFeeding 2.0 factory.