THE SAGAN SERIES - The Frontier Is Everywhere
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a motivating, long-horizon vision that puts everyday concerns in perspective.
What it is
A short unofficial NASA-style spot from Reid Gower's Sagan Series, setting Carl Sagan's words about humanity spreading through the Solar System to visuals and music.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2011 to 2016.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec adwn · 2014-10 · on “Ask HN: What are your sources of inspiration and motivation?”
The Frontier Is Everywhere – the first video in the Sagan Series by Reid Gower: [this video] It gives me the motivation to work towards a goal which lies tens, hundreds, maybe a thousand years in the future. Seeing this video puts my own selfish needs and feelings in perspective, and inspires me to do my little part in making humanity just a little bit better.
Recommends frinxor · 2014-11 · on “Wanderers: a short film of humanity's expansion into the Solar System [video]”
Check out Reid Gower's videos as well, the Sagan Series, a collection of videos he did that also used Carl Sagan's voice. [this video] And of course, Cosmos, which is where all the audio is from in all these videos [LINK]
Recommends JorgeGT · 2016-09 · on “Why Bezos’ rocket is unprecedented–and worth taking seriously”
“Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the Universe come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will love it no less for its obscurity and fragility. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross before we found our way.” ~ Carl Sagan. Bonus: with music [this video]
Cites Alex3917 · 2011-06 · on “Research into hallucinogenic drugs begins to shake off decades of taboo”
"How does making you see things that aren't real challenge any hierarchies?" While LSD and psilocybin do sometimes cause people to hallucinate, this is only one small part of the psychedelic experience. The real value is in how the drugs change your thinking. It would take an entire book to explain this, but here are a few YouTube videos to give you the basic idea: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] It's difficult to explain how exactly they challenge hierarchies, but the 35,000 foot overview would be that psychedelics tend to make one more prosocial, whereas hierarchies tend to be fueled by antisocial behaviors. They also tend to give one self-confidence and internalize one's locus of control, whereas ag