Fun to imagine someone or something out there mapping us as well. What a cool video. I think one of the best things about space travel will be the loss of ego we go through when we really understand how vast the world is.
Douglas Adams keeps coming up in this thread, but this sounds a lot like the Total Perspective Vortex.
Can you elaborate on this?
The Total Perspective Vortex was a machine built with the intention of showing beings the infinity of creation, which became used as a method of torture.
Oh that’s not ideal
Humans are great at turning a new insight into a way to feel better about themselves compared to others that haven't had the insight. We are driven by our ego, so I find that very unlikely.
Apparently psychedelics can cause the so called ego death. I wonder if it’s the same driving force: a realization of how vast and limitless the world is.
That effect is temporary, but yeah you can get there. In my experience psychedelic users are some of the most egotistical people on earth. The cycle they live in is a nasty cage.
That was said when we first orbited the Earth. Right now many things - space travel in particular - seems correlated with vastly increased ego.