Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.
When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
It's easy to solve the halting problem with a shotgun.
Programmers can be lazy.