Future generations are watching.
editorial · Level V
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Abstract
In many ways, the current US scientific enterprise is the intellectual descendant of 87 scientists who gathered in Philadelphia 175 years ago to establish the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, the publisher of <i>Science</i>). They joined disparate, scattered scientific disciplines to identify and address key challenges of the day. Today's research community and AAAS itself are reflections of their backgrounds and actions-for better or worse. Fairly or not, society judges the AAAS founders by the consequences of their choices for today. When future generations reflect upon the state of the world and science's role in shaping it, will they celebrate what AAAS and the research community have done?