Great book. Minus half a star for mild encouragement to believe, even if you don't.
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Art to help make science a more meaning part of our lives.
I'm a professional artist painting images of the Cosmic Perspective.
Cosmic Perspective is understanding our scale within the universe; being humbled by a grand and awe-inspiring expanse of space, deep time, and staggering complexity. In the light of scientific understanding, a little curiosity is quickly rewarded with an enchanting, almost spiritual feeling of wonder at the natural world. Making an effort to comprehend the cosmos has a way of putting our lives, troubles, and pride in a helpful frame of reference, allowing us to refocus on what matters most. When we see the Earth as a lonely blue speck of oasis, it inherently sparks feelings of fellowship, belonging, and connection with our fellow earthlings. Through this panoramic lens, our terrestrial disputes and nationalist contentions are reduced to insignificance. Empathy and compassion become natural and obvious ways to relate to one another.
In a world where our traditional sources of meaning are growing less resonant, Cosmic Perspective provides a new and inspiring scientific story of humanity united by our shared atomic origins in stardust. It provides a sense of kinship with all life on earth in our shared genetic evolution over four billion years of development. It provides hope in our capacity to reason and understand the cosmos of which we are part. It necessitates cooperation to preserve and cherish our tiny planet, the only habitable place we know to exist.
We are stardust evolved to understand the stars; a tiny part of the universe, become conscious.
Humans are a storytelling species. We live our lives by stories in one form or another. To have lasting impact, a meaningful story needs to be interacted with on a regular basis, so that we don’t lose sight of the bigger picture. Rob creates his art to be a visual reminder of this grand perspective, that we might all live more inspired, empathic lives, while innovating a more sustainable way of living.
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Rob Rey rated Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: 5 stars
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
El libro de no ficción del año. Bestseller internacional con más de diez millones de ejemplares vendidos. Número 1 en …
Rob Rey finished reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
El libro de no ficción del año. Bestseller internacional con más de diez millones de ejemplares vendidos. Número 1 en …
Rob Rey finished reading Sandor Katz's Fermentation Journeys by Sandor Ellix Katz
Rob Rey rated Sandor Katz's Fermentation Journeys: 5 stars
Rob Rey rated Why Trust Science?: 4 stars
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes, Ottmar Edenhofer, Jon Krosnick, and 2 others
Rob Rey finished reading Why Trust Science? by Stephen Macedo
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes, Ottmar Edenhofer, Jon Krosnick, and 2 others
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist is a 2017 non-fiction book by Oxford economist Kate Raworth. …
Rob Rey finished reading Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist is a 2017 non-fiction book by Oxford economist Kate Raworth. …
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist is a 2017 non-fiction book by Oxford economist Kate Raworth. …
Rob Rey finished reading Origins by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Rob Rey rated The Righteous Mind: 5 stars
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the …