The Ultimate Reality Check – Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”

At the moment we in Australia are in the grips of a Federal Election Campaign which concludes this Saturday when we all do our duty as citizens and vote.

No, this is not a post on how to vote, who to vote for or the reasons why you should or shouldn’t vote, I wanted to provide an oasis from all of the farcical chest beating, truth bending and self serving rhetoric that we, in Australia have been inundated with over the past 6 weeks or so since the election was called.

If you’re reading this from somewhere outside of Australia then consider this a gift from me to you because for me, this video is the ultimate reality check, a brilliant exercise in demonstrating what’s really important.

It’s one of the most beautifully eloquent monologues I’ve ever heard, read by one of the most brilliant minds of our time, Carl Sagan.