Question: Would you rather do research that would result in making discoveries to help future generations or the current generation, and why? Which do you think is more important?

In response to this question, I believe that both should be done, yet I think research should be geared more towards improving the current generation than the future. I feel that most of the research that is being done nowadays is done based on prevalent issues that people are dealing with. The more research that is being done to resolve our current issues, is technically, resolving our future issues, which is why I believe that research should be done to help the current generation in both academia and industry.