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THE SAGAN SERIES - The Frontier Is Everywhere

Reid Gower · 3.2M views · 2011-01-09 · 3:12

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A short unofficial NASA-style spot from Reid Gower's Sagan Series, setting Carl Sagan's words about humanity spreading through the Solar System to visuals and music.

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Recommended as a motivating, long-horizon vision that puts everyday concerns in perspective.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2011–2016

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adwn · 2014-10 · Strong recommendation

The Frontier Is Everywhere – the first video in the Sagan Series by Reid Gower: [VIDEO] It gives me the motivation to work towards a goal which lies tens, hundreds, maybe a thousand years in the future. Seeing this video puts my own selfish needs and feelings in perspective, and inspires me to do my little part in making humanity just a little bit better.

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JorgeGT · 2016-09 · Recommendation

“Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the Universe come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will love it no less for its obscurity and fragility. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross before we found our way.” ~ Carl Sagan. Bonus: with music [VIDEO]

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frinxor · 2014-11 · Recommendation

Check out Reid Gower's videos as well, the Sagan Series, a collection of videos he did that also used Carl Sagan's voice. [VIDEO] And of course, Cosmos, which is where all the audio is from in all these videos [LINK]

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