I would say that in Spain(at least before the crisis), we have a very good "great ideas" detector, but with inverted polarity. People usually goes around saying "this sucks, that sucks". But they can not think in fixing anything. That´s why I love the SV way of thinking, every thing is possible, just stand up and DO IT. Also being 35, I realize that now I have more experience than when I was 23 (obviously), and that experience allows me to take distance from the group thinking the OP mentions (and now a days is oppressive here in Spain. People can´t think there is an end to the crisis, as there was an end to the crazy bubble). I think is a good idea to change for a time, and immerse yourself on another ambient, job, place, whatever. There are thousands of things broken that need smart energetic people to fix them, and they are not another social network.

edit: some typos and punctuation.