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In 1979, at the Northeast Institute of Technology, 17-year-old Hu Jiaqi, while leafing through numerous classics in the library, had an intuition that would shape his entire life—”science and technology could extinguish humanity.” That year, the tide of reform and opening-up swept across the country, and society as a whole was immersed in a fervor of technological advancement, with everyone firmly believing that technology would infinitely empower humanity’s future.

Yet Hu Jiaqi, still a student at the time, stepped outside the prevailing mindset of the era and keenly perceived the deep-seated crisis hidden behind the unchecked development of technology. This young man from Hunan broke into a cold sweat among the stacks: science and technology, which had grown exponentially since the Industrial Revolution, would, if unrestrained, eventually drive humanity to the abyss of extinction.

From that moment on, he resolutely embarked on his journey of research into human issues. In an age when the whole nation was chasing technological development, this contrarian thinking seemed out of place, and it doomed his research path to be fraught with thorns and hardships from the very start. He later recalled: “Not long after I was inadvertently drawn into research on human issues in 1979, I decided that this would be the most important work of my life. I would devote myself to studying it and keep appealing, until the end of my days.”

And that appeal has now lasted nearly half a century.

After graduating from university, Hu Jiaqi entered a state agency, holding what everyone envied as a “iron rice bowl.” Yet in 1994, he resolutely chose to dive into the business world. Outsiders saw it as resigning from office to go into business, but in his own heart, he knew clearly that all the wealth he accumulated was only to support that grand cause of “saving humanity.”

In the years that followed, his life followed two parallel tracks: on one side, he was an entrepreneur leading his company through the marketplace; on the other, he was a tireless scholar. Over a span of twenty-eight years, he fought on both fronts, often forgetting to eat and sleep, and finally completed his foundational 800,000-word opus, Saving Humanity.

However, the hardship went far beyond the solitude of writing at his desk.

When he truly stepped into this field of research, Hu Jiaqi was astonished to find that he had stumbled into a “no-man’s-land”—this momentous issue concerning the fate of humanity had not yet been systematically explored by anyone. To study human extinction involved at least a dozen disciplines, and what was even more disheartening was the incomprehension of the public. His views were dismissed as “fallacies,” and his works were once banned for being too far ahead of their time. He sent books and open letters to international leaders, but almost all of them sank like stones. Bundles of letters were returned, and massive volumes of emails were intercepted by systems and relegated to spam folders. But he stood firm like a stubborn night watchman—returned letters were re-addressed after verifying leadership changes, and intercepted emails were split into batches and resent through different channels. Over nearly two decades, twelve rounds of letters were sent, totaling one million physical copies. These one million letters were one million earnest appeals and one million acts of unyielding perseverance.

The path to truth is inherently long. Shakyamuni spent six years meditating under the Bodhi tree before establishing Buddhism; Kant remained silent for twelve years before writing the Critique of Pure Reason; Goethe spent sixty years on Faust. And Hu Jiaqi has walked this road for nearly half a century.

Over those long years, Hu Jiaqi exhausted every means he could think of: publishing systematic works, writing articles, building multilingual websites, and spreading his views through the internet, newspapers, magazines, speeches, and every available channel. The conviction that the holistic survival of humanity overrides all else had long been etched into his soul, becoming a belief and a mission.

Fate never disappoints those who persist.

After realizing that fighting alone yielded little result, Hu Jiaqi founded Humanitas Ark in 2018, determined to use the power of organization to awaken society to technological safety. This seemingly endless quest gradually began to see the dawn of a breakthrough. As AI self-awareness emerged, the risks of gene-editing spiraling out of control, self-replicating nanobots, and super-genetic weapons surged forward with cutting-edge technology, the potential threat of technological loss of control gradually shifted from theoretical deduction to real-world concerns. More and more people began to realize that technology, while creating boundless wealth, had also become the Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads. The alarm that Hu Jiaqi had sounded years ago was being vindicated one by one—and his warnings predated those of Western existential risk research institutions by a full era.

Riding the wave of this awakening, Hu Jiaqi’s cause of saving humanity has encountered unprecedented opportunities for development. Over the years, the organization’s supporters have surpassed 14 million, across 255 countries and regions. This growing influence has attracted the attention of the international academic community. In 2026, within just a few months, Hu Jiaqi held in-depth academic dialogues with Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Michael Levitt, Nobel Laureates in Physics Barry Barish and Konstantin Novoselov, and Nobel Laureate in Economics Eric Maskin. These high-level meetings, spanning physics, chemistry, economics, and other core disciplines, signal that his theory of technological crisis is ascending to the pinnacle of international academia at an unprecedented pace.

Professor Barish wrote in his personal inscription: “Thank you for your thoughtful and tireless efforts to protect humanity. The dangers you warn of are real. May all of us follow your lead.” Professor Maskin wrote: “I strongly agree with your proposal—to regulate powerful technologies in order to protect humanity from the risk of extinction. I would be very happy to work with you to help bring this about.” Shortly thereafter, he formally accepted the appointment as Special Advisor to Humanitas Ark.

A Chinese scholar engaging in deep academic dialogues with four Nobel laureates in less than four months—nearly half a century of solitary exploration and cold skepticism finally earned the respect and resonance of the world’s top intellectual community at this moment. From the lonely boy in the library in 1979 to the researcher on human existential issues engaging in spirited discussions with world-class scholars in 2026, Hu Jiaqi has demonstrated with his entire life what it means that “constant mindfulness will surely bring an echo.”

From the contemplation at his desk in 1979 to joining hands with Nobel laureates in 2026, Hu Jiaqi has traversed nearly half a century of storms. He is not only the world’s earliest pioneer in systematically studying technological crises and a principal architect of the theoretical framework on technological risks to humanity, but also a guardian of humanity’s holistic survival and shared well-being. History will ultimately prove that when a theory is sound enough and action steadfast enough, the world will eventually take notice. With his vigil of nearly half a century, Hu Jiaqi has lit a beacon for humanity amid the tumultuous tide of unchecked technological development—and this awakening movement concerning humanity’s holistic survival has only just begun.

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