Zen Buddhism Selected Writings by DT Suzuki is really good. Seeing Zen as an organic mixture of Indian Hinduism, Buddhism and Chinese Taoism which then arrived on the West Coast of the US is really interesting.
All the negative nelsons aside, AI for materials science comes to mind. Better carbon capture, batteries, solar panels. I imagine nuclear reactors require pretty significant control systems. How easy is it to permit all of the power plants we will need? I bet software could help there.
Would you consider releasing a less powerful version of the language with a smaller binary? Like a baby version? I’d be really curious what it could do do do do do do do.
I think this author's perspective and story are really important. It's pretty clear that he overdid it and that there is an issue in some (possibly most) of the western Buddhist groups in marketing mindfulness as a cure all panacea. Everything has a concave dose-response curve, even water and radiation.
Pema Chodron’s books are a great source of wisdom about compassion.
I would suggest practice having compassion for yourself first. Compassion for others will flow directly from that.