Out of easy gains, out of investor patience, out of power, out of water, out of public goodwill to expansion. But no its AI "agents" becoming those from the matrix and doing a singularity, thats the stopping block.

"Oh gosh, we cant just give you the promised wonderland our god-machine will spawn. Its too scwary. We gotta put chains on god first, and thats gonna take awhile, but keep the money flowing tho. We just gotta pace ourselves bro, make sure we get it right, and regular payments, and we'll all be eating lotuses in no-time."