carl sagan – Ready, set, Joe.

A pail blue dot (Carl Sagan) – updated

I’m not sure why they took down the original version (which was very, very cool). But here’s a replacement that’s AOK as well.

Quote – Carl Sagan

An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth–scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and many books–might easily conclude that we are intent on teaching them murder, rape, cruelty, superstition, credulity, and consumerism. We keep at it, and through constant repetition many of them finally get it. What kind of society could we create if, instead, we drummed into them science and a sense of hope?

Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World (page 39)

Under a rock, the size of the universe

Apparently I’ve been missing out. Until yesterday I hadn’t been aware of Carl Sagan and his books, shows and contributions to science (I blame my local PBS station). I’m going to catch up on all the great reading content Carl has out there (starting with The Demon-Haunted World). but I’ve also been watching a bunch of his Cosmos videos that are archived online. EXCELLENT stuff.

And now, for my new favorite song by Carl Sagan feat. Stephen Hawking “A glorious dawn”. I hope someone auto-tunes me posthumously. Go to it!