"Think of all the rivers of blood, spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
Wow. All I could say was wow when I heard this compelling and intelligent piece of information slip through my head. And then when this thought actually processed I recognized the beauty and the petrifying meaning Carl Sagan meant behind this. Us humans fought, slaughtered, battled each other for as long as we lived. Really, the greatest enemies we ever faced was us. Wars, genocides, all these attributives are a major key to one thing; humans, since we are the only ones that caused it. And to think that our greatest leaders killed either the foe or the friend in amounts of metaphorically speaking, rivers of blood just for this fraction of a dot is baffling. So why did we do it? Why did we kill so many, sacrifice so much, just for this pale blue dot? Because this pale blue dot is all we have. And it's true. Just as Carl Sagan preached, this pale blue dot stuck in a vast remote universe is the only thing we have to live with, to love with, and to... exist with. So I could see this planet is worth battling for, worth sacrificing for. And yes this is just a fraction of a dot, yes this is just a pale blue dot. But this is our pale blue dot.
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