This is kinda what I was thinking... I imagined highly-skilled high school students being recruited for specific learning programs at Stanford (for example), with the intent of them eventually going to work for Lockheed/SpaceX/NASA/whoever, in a specific role, with a specific set of skills. (The pro sports model, but for science.) Which feels really Chinese/communist, but also, really cool in some way... I mean, what kid doesn't want to grow up to be an astronaut, right? But it is also clearly high risk. What if the kid gets hit by a bus? Or decides to become a glass-blower artist in Laguna Beach? Or...? But... we are no longer pyramid-building people... yeah... When you start talking about "multi-generational" and "government planning" you start seeing some real shortfalls in vision and sanity. We are not a pyramid-building people any longer.