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dreaminsanity: Earth Day, Humanism, and Environmentalism

On By Steven D'AdamoIn On Storytelling, Writers - Steve D'AdamoLeave a comment
Image of Earth captured by NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-captures-epic-earth-image
Image of Earth captured by NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-captures-epic-earth-image

Earth Day is probably the most concerted effort to unite people around the world in positivity. The collective uplifting of the human spirit and natural world is seen in profile pictures on Facebook, in campaigns by companies and organizations all over the world, and in pledges by governments to act on their commitments to the environment. In my mind, Earth Day is the most significant act of humanism we have currently exhibited. As Wendell Berry famously said: “The earth is what we all have in common.” Continue reading “dreaminsanity: Earth Day, Humanism, and Environmentalism” →

dreaminsanity: THE MARTIAN, the Oscar’s, and Rational Thought

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Image of Mars, http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6453
Image of Mars, http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6453

I watched The Martian last night for the first time. After reading the book by Andy Weir a couple months ago, I was excited to see what Hollywood would do with such a detail-rich and well-researched story. They glossed over most of the super-scientific information (understandably so) to get to the heart of the human interest story of an astronaut lost on Mars, and the NASA scientists and astronauts trying to bring him home. Continue reading “dreaminsanity: THE MARTIAN, the Oscar’s, and Rational Thought” →