Book HackPale Blue DotBy Carl Sagan
In a Nutshell
In this 1994 classic, Carl Sagan muses humanity's place in the universe, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and our responsibility to our planet.
Favorite Quote
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.
Carl Sagan
Introduction
The daily routines of life often instill in us a sense of our own importance. It's important to step back every so often and be humbled by the vast unknown that is the universe.
The 'Pale Blue Dot' refers to a photograph of planet Earth from 6.4 billion kilometers away, taken with Carl Sagan's direction by a Voyager spacecraft.
The smallness of the Earth in this photo, surrounded by expansive darkness, represents all the knowledge and experience of our entire species.
In his book from 1994, Sagan muses on our position in the greater universe and raises urgent questions about the nature of our existence.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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