“We live at a time of unprecedented intellectual freedom and discovery. But you can’t discover the future fearing the harm exploration might bring. There’s no guarantee that any frontier will produce a useful discovery, but if the risk of discovery extinguishes the drive to pioneer, we’re already doomed.” After a pause, Skalak added, as if by afterthought, “Obviously, we all need water, and we all need food. But without hope, we have nothing.”
