Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.
It's god- damn poetry. (and nearly made me cry lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU
That is a profound perspective he has!
Although a very beautiful one, it contradicts what we - living in this modern, western society - have had pumped into our minds, since childhood though.
Modern society has succeeded in annihilating any sense of community that humanity had left. It now only worships everything to do with
individuality.
That is the only way that there can be 8 billionaires that own the equivalent wealth of the
bottom half of the world's population.
Destroying our sense of community is the only way that that situation can be acceptable on our planet. Even when there are millions of young children, living without clean water to drink, and starving to death each year, through avoidable malnutrition.
We are preached to that the
individual is all important, and it is a bad thing to rely on others for help.
The dumbed-down masses now go along with these selfish ideals of "Every man for himself" , "Dog eat dog", "Look after your own, and forget about everyone else" - even though many are
only a few pay checks away from losing the home they live in.
Moderns society has successfully achieved this by creating populations who no longer think they are good enough as they are. If you are not a perfect individual, then it is your own fault, and you have no worth to society/humanity. You have no power to change the toxic cult of worshipping the Individual.
Therefore when I just watched that video, my mind instantly thought "how can parts of useless, and pathetic
me, be part of this
majestic universe"!?
Individuals held back by low self-esteem, is just how the world's billionaires like it.
A society full of people who are taught to believe they are not good enough to be considered a part of humanity, let alone the universe - as Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson just spoke of in that video. :sad:
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