Isaac Asimov, Profession
Bibek Debroy, Eulogy
Hannah Arendt, The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man
Admiral Rickover, Thought's on Man's Purpose in Life
Paul Graham, Beyond Smart
Ajit Doval, Speech on National Challenge
Paul Graham, Fierce Nerds
Max Weber, Science as a Vocation
CS Lewis, Learning in War Time
TJ Rodgers, High Technology Innovation: Free Markets or Government Subsidies?
Hannah Arendt, What is Freedom?
Bertrand Russell, The Value of Philosophy
Zongfu Yu, Story
Karl, Reflections of a Young Man on the Choice of a Profession
Jeff Bezos, Differentiation is Survival and the Universe wants to to be typical
MIT Quantum Photonics & AI
The QP-AI Group pursues experimental and theoretical research towards machine learning hardware and critical quantum technologies (computing, networking, sensing) by precision control of photons and atomic systems, combining techniques from atomic physics, optoelectronics, and modern semiconductor devices.
Haystack Observatory
Should also add people like this who are doing work that is generally important for human kind, the kind of culmination of a list for the work that is purely and fully creative and directed towards the future of our species.
This was inspired by Robert Hutchin's The Great Ideas Today Series (1961-1998) at the University of Chicago.
What are all of the things that people are working on that seem to be the most pressing problems for our species? Clearly it is hard to map the ends of these things, so need to understand where this could go exactly.
What are some of the best creative facilities in the world? https://nanousers.mit.edu/mit-lincoln-lab-microelectronics-laboratory... like this one. Maybe this could also be net positive brain output for the world places so that people can be there, and not just teh facilities themselves.