Free access to information and education are the keys to preserving our liberty and fighting with poverty.
Human curiosity and consequently science and knowledge (in general) are our most reliable means to achieve better lives, esp. when thinking of not only today but also the far future and the next generations of human being! That, in particular, includes the fundamental sciences or the ones which at this time may look like extremely ambitious plans!
In contrast, what threaten our real and deep happiness are dogmatism, greed, luxury, the aristocracy, arrogance, discrimination, .... These are the things which are making us blind and unhappy!
The Manifesto of a Wayfarer