Go See "Hidden Figures" — in Theatres Now!

What does this have to do with inventing? I'll get to that in a minute...

This is a really well-done film... at least all Americans should see it, although it will have global appeal. I'm not going to review it here either. 

I saw "Hidden Figures" this evening... a fascinating bit of history that most people had no idea about. I didn't until the trailers came out, and relatively recently. I had two big questions after seeing it: 

1. Why now, and why did it take from 1961 to NOW — 55 years!! — to get this to the general public? 
2. What big-hairy-audacious-goal would galvanize America to compete, as in the Space Race, again? 

I've been listening to audio books about some of our greatest inventors: Tesla, Edison, the Wright Brothers, and others, which I'll be reporting on soon. It struck me that these inventors were engaged in competition to bring electricity, lighting and flight to the masses... the best sort of competition is where everyone wins! The inventors won, the companies who manufactured these products won, and the people won. 

So, a Call to Action to all inventors is to work on something like renewable energy, a combination of high-efficiency solar, wind power, safe/sane nuclear power, wave/current power and other energy generation — everyone wins! Jobs are created, less pollution, etc. And regardless of global warming, this would be a boon to all. Instead of a "Space Race," how about an "Energy Race"? 

What other Big Ideas could inventors work on collaboratively to make a difference to all humanity? 

Go see Hidden Figures... get inspired to do big things!