{"id":6483,"date":"2012-12-23T08:18:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2012-12-24T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T16:59:12","slug":"the-overview-effect-and-the-psychology-of-cosmic-awe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/the-overview-effect-and-the-psychology-of-cosmic-awe","title":{"rendered":"The Overview Effect and the Psychology of Cosmic Awe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The spirituality of space exploration as self-exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since the dawn of recorded history, humanity has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2011\/07\/07\/ordering-the-heavens-library-of-congress\/\">mesmerized by Earth\u2019s place in the cosmos<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overviewthemovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Overview<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a fascinating short film by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetarycollective.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Collective<\/a>, written by <strong>Frank White<\/strong>, exploring the \u201coverview effect\u201d \u2014 the profound, shocking feeling that grips astronauts as they see our planet hang in space and the strange new self-awareness it precipitates. The film is based on Frank White\u2019s 1987 book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Overview-Effect-Exploration-Evolution\/dp\/0395430844\/?tag=lifeboatfound-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution<\/em><\/a> and celebrates the 40th anniversary of NASA\u2019s iconic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsokaytobesmart.com\/post\/37751690838\/apollo-17-blue-marble-40-years\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Marble photograph<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read more\/video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2012\/12\/18\/the-overview-effect-and-the-psychology-of-cosmic-awe\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spirituality of space exploration as self-exploration. Since the dawn of recorded history, humanity has been mesmerized by Earth\u2019s place in the cosmos. Overview is a fascinating short film by Planetary Collective, written by Frank White, exploring the \u201coverview effect\u201d \u2014 the profound, shocking feeling that grips astronauts as they see our planet hang in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,225,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-philosophy","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}