b'V THOUGHTA thought experiment about what afull-fledged nurture capital sectormight look like 50 years from nowFirst, theres the novel coronavirus pandemic. Then, theres a second pandemic of misinformation, fake news, conspiracy theory and deni-alism. Thomas Friedman refers to three other pandemics: the pandemic of terrorism, the financial contagion that led to the Great Recession, and the climate pandemic. All are derivatives of the Great Acceleration, which is pushing systems beyond their limits.Of these, the financial pandemic is the least obvious and perhaps the most insidious. Finance is ravaging the body politic, fueling social insta-bility and wealth inequality. The American Dream becomes feverish.An investment prospectus is deadly serious. FICO scores, mortgage rates, IRR 1 , net present value, LIBOR 2 all deadly serious. The disparity 1 Internal rate of return.2 London Interbank Offered Rate serves as a globally accepted key benchmark interest rate that indicates borrowing costs between banks.5'