One of the most important things to keep in mind while discussing anything these days is the exponentially expanding cloud of data, information and perspective forced on all of us by technology. Not just the delivery systems, like this email, but the tools and gadgets that pan deep space and its past or micro biomes, or the depths of our oceans. It doesn’t matter where one looks, this outpouring causes us to reconsider many of our long held beliefs, those accepted ideas that underpin our world and help us stay anchored.
The speed and width of this data wave has overrun what is the equivalent of ergonomics; designs scaled to fit a human body. Accepted ideas often had to earn their place, giving humans and all their constructs time to assimilate them. Not now. To consider, research, and embrace even one new concept can be tricky to say the least. We need internal tools to help us not just cut a bowline but rather slip it to another cleat, lest we find ourselves adrift.
Presented in these two short videos is an idea that has been hovering in the wings of earth science for decades but is taking flight because the gadgets and explorations have yielded enough facts to bubble up through the conventional view. In the spirit of expanding ones perspective and consciousness, enjoy these short presentations on the ” Expanding Planet Earth”. Oh yeah, it’s controversial, but then, Galileo would have something to say about controversial concepts, right?
Quick note: Neal Adams, (first short), is a renowned artist, responsible for the early genesis of Marvel and other comics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Adams
Expanding Earth- 10 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HDb9Ijynfo
20 min.
The Expanding Earth- an observational documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HDb9Ijynfo