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theadvancedapes  ·  4160 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear Universe, Sincerely, Earth

I'll check out the Radiolab Podcast tonight, thanks for linking. I started reading about the Golden Records over the weekend and was just fascinated by the idea. Although they will likely never be read by any other civilization, I do think it is an encouraging commentary on what our species can accomplish at our best.





thenewgreen  ·  4159 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours.
-Jimmy Carter

The records are such an amazing symbol. The ultimate time capsule. I would have loved to be a part of deciding what sounds made the records. It would force the participants to be thrust fully in to their surrounding to try and experience fully what it is to be "human", what it is to be an inhabitant of our planet. So cool.