Over the past 100 years, the world has become bogged down in non-constructive inventive activity. We have learned to create complex algorithms to hold attention in casinos and high-precision systems of destruction, yet we have forgotten how to build for the ages. Behind the pursuit of profit, neither the human being nor universal virtues are visible anymore. As a mechanical design engineer and systems architect, I bear personal responsibility for the imprint my blueprints leave on the fabric of reality. This is why I have implemented a strict ethical filter in my practice. My Stop-List: Why I Refuse “Industries of Decay” Professional competence is a weapon. And like any weapon, it requires a heavy-duty safety lock. I fundamentally refuse orders from the following sectors: Weaponry: Engineering must protect and create, not multiply the tools of annihilation. Alcohol and Tobacco: I do not design systems that technologically deliver poison into the human body.…