Pale Blue Dot

Here’s a terrific film montage used to illustrate Carl Sagan’s reading a text from his book “Pale Blue Dot”…

I was watching 2001: A Space Odyssey (again!) the other night, and one of the extra features on the DVD included this quote from Stanley Kubrick:

“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile, but that it is indifferent.

If we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death, our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfilment.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”

Amen to that.