Overview
The Overview Effect is the name for the profound shift in consciousness that happens when astronauts see the Earth from space. Coined in 1987 in a book by Frank White, the effect itself dates back to the Apollo space missions in the early 1970s and their breath-taking “blue marble” photographs they captured. The latest to experience the effect is Jeff Bezos. Following his low orbit space flight with Blue Origin in July 2021, he described the Earth as “finite; both beautiful and fragile” and confirmed $1 billion of his $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund will go towards conservations projects.
— Wayne Visser
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