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In this video, Heli Valtna explores the social impact of technological advancement, arguing that innovation is not only a technical process but a deeply human one. Drawing on her experience in deep-tech entrepreneurship and innovation policy, she highlights how modern innovation functions as a complex, collaborative system shaped by trust, openness, and shared risk—yet often marked by uncertainty and unequal rewards. She reflects on how emotions such as fear, greed, and envy can hinder progress, and suggests that truly transformative innovation requires maturity not only in our technologies, but also in ourselves. Ultimately, she invites viewers to consider how technology acts as a mirror, revealing who we are as individuals, societies, and economies.

This video is part of the session “Novel Discoveries and Meaning-Making: Risky and Challenging, but with a Transformative Potential,” first presented at the Triennial Conference of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) held in Cairo, Egypt, from 8–11 December 2025. The full session features contributions from Tarmo Soomere, Saana Jukola, Jaak Sikk, Heli Valtna, Stefan Constantinescu, Adel Daoud, Noel de Miranda, and Sebastian Porsdam Mann; the session was organised and moderated by Helen Eenmaa on behalf of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences and the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS), with videos produced in collaboration with COLOR MEDIA and co-funded by the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences, the Estonian Academy of Sciences, the Estonian Research Council (project PSG685), and the European Union Horizon 2020 programme (grant No. 870626, reCreating Europe).

Find the full session playlist here:    • Novel Discoveries and Meaning-Making: Risk...