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Standing for Curiosity, Truth, and First Principles
The excerpt reflects on the observations made by Carl Sagan about the potential consequences of technological power concentrated in a few hands, leading to a decline in critical thinking and a return to superstition. Despite the potential slide into darkness, the author finds hope in the human capacity for accomplishment, accompanied by moments of stupidity and cruelty. Richard Feynman is praised for emblemizing curiosity, the pursuit of truth through hard work, and a disregard for status and titles in favor of first principles.