Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. "People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty and not destroy it. The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution as its meant to be heard, narrated by Lawrence Tobias. More than three decades ago, Frank White coined the term Overview Effect to describe the cognitive shift that results from the experience of viewing the Earth from space and in space, from orbit or on a lunar mission. "Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship, I marvelled at the beauty of our planet," said Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts and cosmonauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from. Now, much of the world has adopted this framework in describing our innate interconnectedness. The Overview Effect is the paradigm shift astronauts experience when viewing Earth from space where their outlook on life changes, they experience an. We're not sure of the psychological processes at play in the overview effect, but it is characterised by a strong emotional response.įor many astronauts, looking at our planet from space and recognising its fragility can inspire an overwhelming urge to protect it. Frank White’s theory of the Overview Effect has helped provide astronauts with concepts and language to articulate the profound shift in worldview they experience when viewing the Earth from space and in space. The incredible fragility of our planet and the pettiness of human borders become clear when looking at Earth from space. The thing that really surprised me was that it Earth projected an air of fragility. Looking down on our little blue-green world, sheltered only by a paper-thin atmosphere, there comes an awareness. The term overview effect was coined in 1987 by Frank White, who explored the. It's a profound change, incapable of being fully captured in words. His book, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, is considered by many to be a seminal work in the field of space exploration, making him one of the most influential. Now, much of the world has adopted this framework in describing our innate interconnectedness.
It is the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, 'hanging in the void', shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. The Overview Effect is the psychological, emotional, and spiritual results from viewing the Earth from space. Frank White’s theory of the Overview Effect has helped provide astronauts with concepts and language to articulate the profound shift in worldview they experience when viewing the Earth from space and in space. Not because you'd be far, far away from all our Earthly chaos, but because of a psychological switch called the overview effect.įirst described in 1987, the overview effect describes a change in how astronauts feel as they hurtle through space. The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space. Well, going into space in a rocket might solve all your woes. Has the current state of the world got you feeling like you'd rather not be part of this planet?
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