# Nobel Peace Prize 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-2021/60891 "2021-10-08T10:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-2021/60891/1 "2021-10-08T10:53:36Z")
The power of the pen: > **[The Nobel Peace Prize 2021](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/)** > > The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 was awarded jointly to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace". ---
**Author:** ![tengineer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@tengineer1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tengineer1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-2021/60891/3 "2021-11-02T17:03:19Z")
Maria Ressa is a courageous woman. I agree with the Nobel selection. Even agreeing with her selection can get one killed in the Philippines. She must be speaking truth to power which is always dangerous ---
**Author:** ![m\_sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@m\_sailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/m_sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-2021/60891/5 "2021-11-16T16:13:47Z")
I wish there were more updates on the 2018 prize for lasers that can reduce the radioactivity of nuclear waste to a few minutes. [https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-nuclear-waste-storage-france/](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-nuclear-waste-storage-france/)