Carl Sagan

Fall ’08 Reading List

November 3, 2008
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I’ve compiled quite a list for the rest of this year. I’ve actually finished a few of these but I wanted to write them down so that I can keep the list up to date. Not that anyone really cares what I’m reading, but I go back to these lists to find conscious and unconscious themes in my interests. I’m still tackling a lot of religious themes and also took a detour last month to read a few books by Barack Obama.

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Pale Blue Dot

September 9, 2007
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Awe, Humility, and Hope

September 9, 2007

The Zeitgeist is whispering in a new language and something strange is in the air. Something new is trying to be born. Perhaps it is only my experience – it may only be in America – but there is definitely a new awareness of our place in the universe that is slowly emerging. Friends and family that have long been concerned with daily, all-too-human issues and struggles have recently looked to the stars with a little bit more wonder. It’s as if a new level of consciousness is dawning on the planet: a realization that we are a part of the planet and it is a part of us. Even church sermons have begun shifting from discussions of evil to discussions of awe and wonder over how infinite, amazing, and beautiful the universe really is. What is going on?

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Carl Sagan on Hinduism

August 17, 2007

I’ve written before about how influential Carl Sagan was in my childhood. Not only his views of science and philosophy but also his views on religion. My interest in Hinduism goes far back into my elementary school years when I discovered that there was a religion that had such a enormous vision of cosmos.

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