Its and opportunity to explain what science is doing so fear can be eliminated. There was one on the modification of food and now that is gone, we have new opportunities to expand our horizons on the use and improvement of fungal, insects, bacteria and drought resistant crops in the right environments.
No, its something else that makes me scratch my head.
Promoting STEM.
So, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(AKA STEM) are not only the most forward moving jobs right now, they also are huge in schools. I went to a trade school for a portion of my high school career where they had nursing students, culinary students, HVAC students, car mechanic students, and even police students. I was in a biomedical science class. In it, of course we used science mainly, but we statistically analyzed our information(Math), we had laptops and used devices like EKG's and sensitive temperature changes(Technology), we drew up plans for an emergency room and built models of potential medical devices(Engineering).
But we did something else too.
We drew out and labeled the parts of the heart. We attached clay to a skeleton to show how the organs fit together. We made crafted proteins out of paper and pipe cleaners.
We did Art. The extra letter added to create the acronym STEAM.
So, as much as we want the next generation to be informed, lets also remember that the world needs the creative ideas just as much as the ones that feed us.
What is the point of a moratorium if nobody thinks outside the box after it is done?
I don't guess there's any elegant way to work Philosophy into the acronym. We just need to understand "Arts" as representing ALL of the Liberal Arts, including Philosophy. STEM alone withers, without the full flowering of its sister subjects in the Humanities.
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