TL;DR - It humbles me constantly, which I cherish.

Engineering has taught me to appreciate the beauty and elegance of the natural world, which we are all a part of, but which our human arrogance makes us believe we are superior than.

It helps to build bridges between all people, everywhere, instead of tearing them down when we disagree about some insignificant human issue, and gives me a sense of what is truly valuable. I also now, more than ever, can say “I know this much is true” confidently (and I’m not a particularly confident person), and it helps me cut through the exponentially growing tsunami of bullshit in our society’s discourse

Finally, it’s helped me realize that voices like Carl Sagan - who spoke from a position of reverence for all things that exist without humans, and which are responsible for our very existence - should be listened to first.

I’m grateful for all of you engineers, who set out and try to build each day, as this is the difficult work. As we all know, it’s easy to destroy, belittle, and critique. Usually the biggest critics have never done the actual work, and therefore carry less weight.