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Kid Berwyn

(17,825 posts)
17. "We've been lied to."
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:50 PM
Sep 10

What you wrote is profound, accurate and deep. Thank you, slightlv. I had several friends who worked at the nuclear power station at San Onofre in Southern California in the 80s. Great people. However, many had serious health problems.



Astronaut shares the profound 'big lie' he realized after seeing the Earth from space

This change in perspective could change humanity.


by Tod Perry
Upworthy, July 7, 2024

Excerpt...

“When I looked out the window of the International Space Station, I saw the paparazzi-like flashes of lightning storms, I saw dancing curtains of auroras that seemed so close it was as if we could reach out and touch them. And I saw the unbelievable thinness of our planet's atmosphere. In that moment, I was hit with the sobering realization that that paper-thin layer keeps every living thing on our planet alive,” Garan said in the video.

“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life,” he continues. “I didn't see the economy. But since our human-made systems treat everything, including the very life-support systems of our planet, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.”

It was at that moment he realized that humanity needs to reevaluate its priorities.

“We need to move from thinking economy, society, planet to planet, society, economy. That's when we're going to continue our evolutionary process,” he added.

Source: https://www.upworthy.com/astronaut-shares-big-lie-space-rp4





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