{"id":20,"date":"2007-11-08T17:28:14","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T22:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucepress.net\/?p=20"},"modified":"2007-11-08T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T22:28:14","slug":"carl-puts-it-into-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brucepress.net\/blog\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Carl puts it into perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we are  pondering who should be the next leader of the most powerful nation on the planet, I think it is appropriate to put the campaign issues in perspective.  So, on the occasion of his birthday November 9, 1934, scientist, author and prescient philosopher, I present <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_sagan\"> Carl Sagan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/p86BPM1GV8M&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>His writing and his series, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage\">Cosmos: A Personal Voyage<\/a>, impacted me in ways that continue to shape who I am  and what I believe.  His life&#8217;s work was exploration and education and while he accomplished so much more than the great majority of us will in our lifetimes, he was gone much too soon.Hopefully, his words will cause you to reflect on what is important and how you define friend, family or neighbor.Peace.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have YouTube access here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/obs.nineplanets.org\/psc\/pbd.html\" title=\"Reflections on a Mote of Dust\" target=\"_blank\">version in text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"poweredbyperformancing\">Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/scribefire.com\/\">ScribeFire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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