Science and technology have literally shaped the world we live in right now. It has helped us build to where we are. Everything humanity has right now, our position in life—technology is a part of it. That's something undeniable. Science is a part of it. From the way we communicate to the way we learn. In fact, our whole life is pure science right now.
I'm someone who values science because, without science, I don't really know where humanity would have been. Science has contributed a lot. For example, in health, science and technology have saved millions of lives. It has contributed greatly to research for diseases and vaccines, for food production, for farming, education, and every aspect of our lives. Down to our daily lives—our normal activities—science and technology are now a part of it.
These are all miracles of modern science. In education, people from remote areas now have access to online classes, libraries, and the internet, which makes learning more engaging and gives multiple people access to education. It gives everyone a chance at education.
Even in the simplest areas of life, like light bulbs, preserving food, making bank transfers, asking questions online, using AIs, communication, connecting with loved ones—it’s just amazing. The benefits of technology and science are so numerous, sometimes you can't even count them.
And like it has always been, life is never perfect. Just like wherever there is light, there is always shadow. Science also has its shadows. There are many benefits of science, and there are also many downsides—like people losing their jobs, cybercrime, misinformation spreading across the internet, environmental pollution, the effects the internet is having on us, the abuse of science, abuse of drugs, and even the abuse of the benefits of science.
These are all downsides that I have accepted, because there will always be downsides to anything that exists—especially something as powerful as science.
But there is one thing I will never, and can never, accept.
And that's nuclear weapons.
The very idea that humans now have the means to wipe out thousands of lives—not even like, let me say, you use guns and then you look for the bad people and kill them—no, just wipe millions of lives, both innocent and not innocent. Wipe all of them in seconds. No reversal. No remedy. Just gone. I can't even consider nukes as a part of evolving because I believe evolving has to do with life, and nukes are the opposite of life-affirming progress.
In fact, it's so scary that anytime I read about war or see videos of wars and read about nuclear weapons, I feel so scared. Because it's really dark. It's not just a shadow of science anymore. That’s a whole other level of darkness.
You see, most technologies and science explored are always done to help, to create, to make things better—and then they later develop these downsides. But nuclear weapons? They were created to destroy—and only destroy.
So, no matter how much I celebrate and accept science and technology, one thing I will never accept is nuclear weapons.
And I wish there were some way we could undo the existence of nuclear weapons.
