No, ambition and sloth did this to us: Ambition in the scope of the systems we build, sloth in our willingness to give in to whatever gets the job done.

As Alan Kay said, "The revolution hasn't happened yet." He knows that OOP isn't the final answer (although I think we're all thankful for its existence). He is one of a small group, made up of mainly self-funded geniuses and eccentrics, who are working in this space. Everyone else gave up. We had PARC in the 70's and really nothing else since; we're still coasting on what they accomplished there.

Now that we know how important this is, why can't we fund a PARC again? Why can't we build a place where we throw it all out and start over? I know of a few places doing this now, including Viewpoint Research, but we need more.