Zero is not a bad place to start.
In fact, it might be the best place.
Tesla is able to manufacture its vehicles the way they do because they didn’t have a pre-existing assembly line or model. Cryptocurrency (putting aside its many… many… issues) asked the question of what would a currency would look like without consideration for the current one.
Us?
Zero means the next step is up. And then another one up from there.
It’s not a hill to climb, but progress to be made.