Final Words âš
âLast year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
âI was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.
âI understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didnât see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, of adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.
âThis was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable.â
â William Shatner, actor
âWe are slaves to a system which is working towards the destruction of everything, including us.
This is the unfortunate absurdity of addiction: one becomes a slave to something which they want more and more of, even thought it is in fact killing themâ
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