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Marina Koren on Rethinking the “Overview Effect”

At a Distance

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Seeing Earth From Space Will Change You

Frank White coined this term in the early 80s. He hypothesized that seeing Earth from afar would be profound and shift people's perspective. To test his hypothesis, White decided to start interviewing astronauts. And he found that the themes that he was thinking would be drawn out from having this view of space were real.

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