I'm of the firm belief at this point that we are a species with severe amnesia.
I find it significantly more plausible that cataclysmic events we no longer remember occured in our past and wiped away a rich history in which we may have feasibly been far more advanced technologically than we currently are.
The problem with that is that I can almost guarantee that it would still be cheaper and easier to manage if you just leveraged whatever cloud provider's managed service was there to run your stuff.
I worked with Hiyadet, Selcuk, and Abbas last year while I was doing undergraduate research in the Florida International University Cyber Physical Systems Security Lab.
Awesome to see their work getting attention! These guys all put in long hours and love what they do.
I find it significantly more plausible that cataclysmic events we no longer remember occured in our past and wiped away a rich history in which we may have feasibly been far more advanced technologically than we currently are.