Take 20 minutes to change your perspective
Great ! Thanks.
Originally Posted by paultheoneyoulove
That bit at 9:35, wow! I knew it already, but still ...
Wow. Thanks for posting.
Nowthen forum members....Talking of perspective.
The view of Earth from Space. That is awesome.
On the other hand....Your "Burny Les Paul". That is not Awesome. It is just: Very Nice.
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Thanks for the link. That was superb. It was also, for me anyway, depressing, as being the cynical sod that I am, it merely highlighted the enormity of what the human race is going to lose as a result of its greed, selfishness and stupidity. If only everyone on the planet could get to see what those people have seen. If only everyone could have their perspectives changed like that. If only a majority of people on the planet could have their perspectives changed. If only.
I suppose that whilst we exist as a species of 'haves' and 'have nots', a species with such huge inequalities in our relative existences, the overwhelming force and focus of the human race will always be to get what others have and you don't. The drive to get that house, that car, those holidays, to acquire personal wealth - will always take precedence over secondary concerns like the planet and even the survival of the species beyond the next few generations. As long as a majority of the human race feel that way, and sadly I can't see it ever changing, we're fucked.
The only consolation is that maybe, just maybe, once we've managed to make ourselves extinct, the Earth will, in time, heal, as it has done from previous global disasters and maybe a species more worthy of it will emerge.
not if you dont like heights !!
......"Bertie is pretty much a zen master..................."
Can't listen to it here at work, not cos I've got no sound but becasue I've got Prince on the iTunes.
Give us a summary
/prespectivefail?
I used to be in a band you know, there was links and all sorts in this sig right here. But now all gone. Gone like ashes in the wind. Fuck it I was shit anyway.
Can't really give a summary, more of an overview.
You had to be there.
Without any malice I think skipped, the emporer's, berties, and the colonels replies sum up everybodies attitudes to this
Watched the first few minutes, but our internet conection's having problems so I'll save the rest till later.
I remember seeing a few clips on a NASA docu (and a James May thing IIRC) where other (or possibly the same) ex-astonauts were describing their profound awakenings into how fragile this little rock of ours looks, and how they all came back as hardened eco-warriors (they might not have used that exact term though).
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