“Genuine outbreaks of the future”

At an emergent tech conference, Maya Hansen finds Tony Stark at the bar.
From *Iron Man #1* (2004), written by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Adi Granov.
Out-of-print as Iron Man: Extremis, but available on select Kindle devices.

Tony Stark: I’m here to work. I run a corporation.
Maya Hansen: The rest of us are here to talk, you know.
Tony Stark: Yeah, I kind of worked that out. Lots and lots of talk.; Talking about repurposing robot vacuum cleaners for military work. Talking about consumer satellite telephony. God.
Maya Hansen: You don’t like talking?
Tony Stark: I like talking about things that’ll work.; I like talking about genuine outbreaks of the future. Not vacuum cleaner death machines and satphones no one will buy.; Why does it have to be about consumer goods?; Why do we assume the future is only a retail opportunity?; I dunno. It bugs me.