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title: "The power of human curiosity"
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# The power of human curiosity

2026-11-02 · Mikita Aharodni · Personal essay

Originally written in Russian.

sometimes it blows my mind how far humanity has come

once, we had nothing but stones, sticks and fire. today we launch rockets into space, build artificial intelligence that can solve incredibly difficult problems, and are literally learning to shape nature itself

and all of this began with one incredibly simple thing: human curiosity

someone once looked at fire and wanted to understand how it worked. someone watched birds and wondered why humans couldn't fly. someone simply refused to accept the world as it was

what amazes me most is that almost everything we take for granted today was once someone's completely crazy idea

we live in a world built by people who refused to accept its limits

and that's probably what draws me to science, technology and entrepreneurship more than anything else

the chance to help create this world, rather than just exist in it

i honestly don't understand people who think everything has already been invented and discovered. we might still be at the very beginning of humanity's technological development

think about it: in just a few generations, we went from the first aeroplanes to landing on the Moon, from enormous computers to AI that anyone can talk to

what happens in another 50 years? another 100? which things that seem impossible today will become completely ordinary?

and the best part is that the answers are being created right now by ordinary people like you and me

so i think one of the most important things to hold on to throughout your life is the ability to be amazed, to ask questions, and to refuse to accept that something is impossible

because the future doesn't just happen. people create it because, at some point, they got curious: “what if?”

and i really want to be one of those people

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