Grow Your Seeds, So More People Can Enjoy The Fruit

Christian Wibisono
Jul 28, 2017 · 4 min read

Passion is just like seeds. Seeds need to be sowed, planted, watered and cared to make them grow. So does passion. It requires time, supports, and efforts to make it valuable. Before going deeper, the question is, what is passion? Passion is something that we enjoy the most. Passion is in the activities that make us feel empowered. It’s within us, waiting to be discovered. However, just like seeds, passion is useless if we can’t use it to contribute to society. This is because in the end of the day, the things that really matter are our creation and contribution.

My purpose of life is to change the world and make a significant difference. When I grew up, I was often told that the world is the way it is, that my life is limited. I refuse to believe so. Life can and should be much broader than that. I can change it, improve it, and leave my mark upon it. I can build my own inventions that people can use. The significant things for the human race.

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For those dreams, I have a specific interest in artificial intelligence. The way I see it, artificial intelligence is the key to a further development in IT, something way beyond our imagination. A computer that is capable to be given a situation, analyze, reason, and make an “intelligent” decision, not to replace human beings, but to help and assist us in an ultimate way.

Technology is something I have been passionate about since forever. The reason why I love technology so much is simple — technology makes everything that seems impossible becomes possible. It has never ceased to amaze me. I realized that computers can assist us to design future exactly how we want it to be. Technology is the core of plan to the projection of our utopian world. A world that can be reached within our fingertips.

We are living in the age of information where technology and knowledge bases are advancing at an explosive rate. The overwhelming effects of this knowledge are all around us as cutting edge technology is rendered obsolete in the blink of an eye due to further advancement. This advancement demands to solve the problem in the society, in the most efficient way. That’s why I believe that the value of technology lies in the impact that it draws to the society. Buying things can be done in a single click. Connecting people is made easy with the flooding entry of communication devices available today. The invention of Turing’s Machine solved the world most difficult puzzle called Enigma, shortened the war by more than 2 years and saved 14 millions lives. Not only does the impact of this technology end wars, it also changes the worldwide situation in all aspects. This leads me to the idea that information technology has a strategic role in our society.

Nevertheless, a mere passion is not enough for me to take parts in contributing to the world. Passion is the seed. I will need the soil, which is Informatics as my major in university. Choosing Informatics is the decision where I’ll be able to sow, plant, water, and take care of this passion in order to reach my life purpose. I understand that education is the best fertilizer for my seeds to grow and produce some fruits.

Now, we already have the situation. The problems our country faces are piling, waiting to be solved. Now is the time. This is exactly the time when we have to be developed in terms of IT. Most of us only consume this technology without trying to contribute or to create something because we are still left far behind. We should not aim to be only a follower, but a leader in information technology. The only way to reach that is through innovation. Innovation distinguishes between leader and follower.

For a country, to be well developed, it has to firstly be innovative in terms of IT. We can reach that, but we have to walk hand in hand. We have many talented youngsters with an enormous passion in IT. We must gather and envision the same goal to build this country. The government can help by giving a larger space for creativity. Appreciation for innovation by the society is also needed to support the development of IT. Only then, and only by then, can we give our best creation, innovation, and contribution to this nation and this world. That’s our fruit and it’s for society to enjoy.

Christian Wibisono

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