What are you most excited about for the future?

When people talk about the future, it’s often filled with dazzling ideas — AI-driven worlds, Mars exploration, life inside the metaverse.

All of that is exciting, sure. But for me, what truly fills me with hope isn’t something far away or high-tech. It’s something much closer: the growth of a child.

Watching a young person learn to walk, to speak, to wonder and to care — that quiet transformation is more powerful than any invention. Every child is a seed of possibility, holding a future we can only begin to imagine.

But then the real question is:

What kind of world are we leaving for them?

Are we handing down a planet weighed by endless geopolitical risk,

media chaos, or cultures where “giving up” and “drifting” have become the norm?

Because when young people lose hope, what kind of future is left for anyone?

So no — we cannot afford to be passive.

We may only be able to do small things:

use less, waste less, be kind, do good. Give when we can. Even a smile or a gentle word matters more than we think.

Because I believe this: little things add up.

Even the smallest act can spark a light.

And if our children grow up seeing that light — in us — then their future won’t just be a city of machines, but a world with heart.