whatimeantwasthis

bouncingdodecahedrons:

“On our small planet, at this moment, here we face a critical branch point in history. What we do with our world right now will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully affect the destiny of our descendants. It is well within our power to destroy our civilization, and perhaps our species as well. If we capitulate to superstition, greed, or stupidity, we can plunge our world into a darkness deeper than the time between the collapse of classical civilization and the Italian Renaissance. But, we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet, to enhance enormously our understanding of the universe, and to carry us to the stars.”

:: Neil DeGrasse Tyson, I dig you, but this man and this series? Cannot be supplanted in my mind and heart. It changed my life in fundamental ways. I hope the new one can provide the same service for another 12-year-old with “too many” questions.