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The Overview Effect
Frank White · 1987
"Seeing the Earth from orbit triggers a profound cognitive shift, revealing the fragility of the planet and the artificiality of human borders."
Almost every astronaut who has looked out the window of a spacecraft and seen the Earth floating in the black void of space reports experiencing the exact same psychological phenomenon: a sudden, overwhelming sense of unity and protectiveness.
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