Blue Dot: Little

Now it’s our turn. Write your own letter. Live your own message. But never forget:

But the cosmos doesn’t care about our wiring. And that’s exactly why we need this image. Little Blue Dot

Our brains aren’t wired for this scale. We’re built for the savanna — to spot a predator 50 meters away, to remember a grudge for three seasons, to care deeply about the five people sitting around a fire. Now it’s our turn

Keep going until the Sun itself is a forgotten ember. But never forget: But the cosmos doesn’t care

So what do we do with this? It’s easy to spiral into nihilism: Nothing matters, we’re dust. But Sagan offered a different conclusion: If nothing matters on a cosmic scale, then everything matters here.

All of it. On that dot.

And then, from billions of miles away — turn around.