Art in Ecotopia

Hello! For my Blog report I have decided to discuss with the class "art" in a society similar to Callenbach's Ecotopia.

First I would like to start by talking about Plato's "attack on art." In the Republic, Plato attacks art but it truly seems to be misinterpreted and what he really is attacking fake art, precisely art that takes the form of amusement or entertainment. He is not attacking true art at all but just this fake art. If one recognizes this it is easy to see why Plato would attack entertainment and entertainers. To be amused or entertained allows the entertainer to create a feeling inside his audience and then the audience discharges the feeling. However being amused has no use in practical life. One would like to be entertained simply for the sake of being entertained. Therefor it has no true value in itself. This amusement is not even true art because it is just skillfully constructed and not a true expression of emotion or imagination.

 Soon people cannot feel any emotion from ordinary life because they are so addicted the being amused, and the amusement is all fake. This causes people in a society (like ours) to put a massive emphasis on entertainment. Our entertainment industry is massive and still growing rapidly, while entertainment itself seems to get more insane in order to entertain the people that have become numb from the endless amusement.

So even in Callenbach's Ecotopia he still has a lot of entertainment. And even though it seems like the Ecotopia is a great stable place, it could be possible for it to spiral out of control and lead to another society like ours that is built upon consuming and being entertained at all times. Even the chapter dedicated to music and art in the book is short and does not describe with much detail what kind of art is produced. Maybe since Ecotopia isn't real it would be impossible to even try to imagine this kind of art?
And I'm talking about true art that is from the expression of emotion and imagination. 
Basically entertainment is not useful at all, so is it still necessary to have so much of it in the new world of Ecotopia? Instead of entertainment like the "war games" we would need more true art.

So my questions for the class to be discussed is,
"Would Callenbach's Ecotopia produce more art that is not just for "amusement"?"
"What kind of art do you think an "Ecotopia' like society would create?"
"Would is be a good idea to have very little amusement and entertainment in this new society, focusing the entertainment part on true art or philosophical discussion or something that is useful for the society."

Feel free to discuss .. thanks for reading!! =^..^=

Your Ecotopia?

Julliane gave us her “ecotopia” yesterday in EEA. I like it better than Ernest Callenbach’s, with its alternative reality world of cool science, free magnetic supertrains, and a reunified U.S.E. (United States of Ecotopia)... and no stupid War Games, residual 70s sexism, or cringe-inducing Bad Sex, "Soul City," etc. I love the alt-history involving President Vera Alwyn and President Al Gore. (Bet you do too, Morgan.) Algae-fueled trucks, retrofitted electrified clunkers, Einstein haircuts... "One Earth, to enjoy not destroy"... much to love there!

But again, check out the superior prequel and the posthumous epistle before you write Callenbach's version off. He may have had a few motes in his eye but was still a visionary. 

It’s good to dream. We  must continue to build our castles in the air, as Henry said, and then build the ladders to reach them.

So... what's your "ecotopia" look like? 
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UPDATE: Bill McKibben's "ecotopia", Tuesday night, looked like a well-earned homecoming on the heels of a promising road trip:

My last 24 hours:
1) Do the final show of the #DoTheMath tour -- as usual, a sold-out, full-of-power evening, this one in Salt Lake City with my old friend Terry Tempest Williams.
2) Get myself home for the first time in a long while -- happily, both my wife and dog seemed to recognize me.
3) Open the computer and find this article about the Do the Math Tour and fosil fuel divestment in the New York Times -- a huge, prominent vindication of everyone’s hard work.

The article in The New York Times tells the story of students, faculty and alumni around the country who are demanding divestment from fossil fuels. On a few campuses, like Swarthmore, they’ve been at it for semesters -- but all of a sudden, as the article says, they find themselves “at the vanguard of a national movement. In recent weeks, college students on dozens of campuses have demanded that university endowment funds rid themselves of coal, oil and gas stocks. The students see it as a tactic that could force climate change, barely discussed in the presidential campaign, back onto the national political agenda.”

The picture that accompanies the article comes from our Minneapolis roadshow last Friday night, and the article concisely lays out the demands and the strategy of the campaign. It’s precisely the boost we need. So please, go read it here: www.nyti.ms/SESrfr We’re quickly getting traction, but we can get more if we have your help. So, first things first: please email the article... then start thinking about ways you can join in this fight. If you're a student, you can join in on campus...

And just maybe we can persuade President McPhee to look again at the ACUPCC. Just for starters.

Not a bad close for our semester of "Environmental Ethics and Activism." With all due respect to George Carlin, this was only the beginning.

No worries

With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming

Most of us seem not to be too worried, actually, based on this page one story's failure to crack the Times Top 20...

It was one of those Sundays when the Times was full of fun and fascinating stuff (from my delighted POV) as reflected in the "most e-mailed" list.

Happiness researcher (& former Phil of Happiness author) Sonja Lyubomirsky held the top spot with her reflections on how new love fades. Another story spotlights the trend towards ergonomic workstations. And another notes another trend, of special interest to us parents of restless High School seniors: unCollege.

And there was more: Jellyfish immortality in Japan, Thomas Jefferson's hypocrisy, @brainpicker's brilliant Maria Popova, the year's most notable books... but guess what people weren't reading, despite its prominent placement on page one?

With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming

It didn't even crack the Top 20. Meanwhile, our university president was busy again this weekend tweeting his praise for our athletic teams and staying mum about the ACUPCC.

But like so many of my fellow Times subscribers, I still enjoyed my 70-degree December weekend. That's the point, after all, isn't it? To enjoy life?

While it lasts? 

DS, Get it while you can

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...It occurs to me that I need to draft one more addendum to question #5, as we continue in EEA to dream of “Ecotopia,” touching on my life philosophy with respect to our terrestrial home.

ECO- from the Greek oikos (household or home) -TOPIA from the Greek topos (place)

Carl Sagan said it best: we live out our lives, all of us, on “a pale blue dot… a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.” This astonishing fact must, if anything can, “underscore our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”  U@d, A questionnaire

The challenge of ecotopia

Is “ecotopia” our glorious Tomorrowland? Can we ditch the fossil fuel burners, get off the grid, give up heavy consumerism and the forty-hour workweek, and get on with better lives in the great Pacific Northwest? Doubtful, but for some of us irresistibly alluring (except for the war-games and some of the emotional histrionics and cringe-inducing male casual-sex fantasies). But even if the late Ernest Callenbach‘s vision is all a pure fictional fantasy,

Ecotopia still poses a nagging challenge to the underlying national philosophy of America: ever-continuing progress, the fruits of industrialization for all, a rising Gross National Product.

Well… there’s progress, and then there’s real progress. We need not “give up any notion of progress,” just the debilitating and self-destructive one we’ve been burning at both ends. And we really should give up our traditional and habitual greed, short-sightedness, superstition, ignorance, and fear. Just listen to JL. Just read Callenbach’s last letter.

Will we ever get there, to a genuine and sustainably “stable state” in balance with nature? Surely so, if we can plausibly imagine there will  be a flourishing and recognizably-human civilization still here in a century. Surely not, if we’re committed to keeping on doing what we’ve been doing. We need to commit to something better.

That’s my prediction. Please don’t wake me if I’m wrong. And maybe don’t wake me period. As John Lachs says, there is “something deeply appropriate in dying when our purposes are fulfilled.” And as the other JL would agree: if we want to progress, we really must “clear the field for the next generation.”

"The point is to change the world"
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Bill McKibben (@billmckibben)

11/29/12, 10:37 AM

and the #dothemath bus is rolling towards madison! and the news? now over 100 active divestment campaigns at schools across America!

Here's the honor roll of the first 100 colleges with divestment movements. many more to come! gofossilfree.org/campaigns/

NCSE (@NCSE) tweeted at 5:19 PM on Thu, Nov 29, 2012:
A climate change denial bestiary. http://t.co/hrVx36ua
(https://twitter.com/NCSE/status/274291442413862912)

Here’s how you can help:

If you’re a current student, please click here to join or start a campaign on your campus on our brand new website: gofossilfree.org

If you’re an alumnus/alumna, please click here to tell us where you went to school and join the national campaign. We’ll be in touch soon about how you can connect with and support students at your alma mater.

And if you're not a student or an alum, don't worry -- there will be lots for everyone to do in the weeks ahead. 

Why divestment? Well, we know that fossil fuel companies are principally concerned about two things: their bottom line and their public image. A nationwide movement forcing our schools to divest from fossil fuels will deal a serious blow to both.

Over 100 campuses have already joined the divestment campaign, and it’s generating real excitement everywhere we go. From big schools like the University of Wisconsin to small colleges like Middlebury, the campaign is picking up speed (at Harvard, a student resolution supporting divestment just passed with 72% of the vote!).

Now, it’s absolutely crucial that we keep the momentum going -- click here to get involved: www.gofossilfree.org

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Neil deGrasse Tyson ‏@neiltyson

"Does the Universe Have a Purpose?" if interested, I offer an answer via Minute-Physics [video: 2m 30s] http://bit.ly/QJKIOE 

 Retweeted by Phil Oliver

What students can do

We had a nice conversation with @PresidentMcPhee about the @acupcc today,  He didn't say yes, but he didn't say no. He did remind us that we're deep in the heart of a red state, and that lots of our neighbors are skeptical about climate change and global warming. What, then, can students here do to make it easier for him to acknowledge climate reality and sign on? -Communicate with your elected representatives.

So, as a public service:

Legislators for:
1301 E. Main St., Murfreesboro TN, TN 37132-0002

Rep. Joe Carr

rep.joe.carr@capitol.tn.gov
House District 48

Sen. Bill Ketron

sen.bill.ketron@capitol.tn.gov
Senate District 13

And others.

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Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility - In One Pie Charthttp://www.desmogblog.com/2012/11/15/why-climate-deniers-have-no-credibility-science-one-pie-chart 

Climate Reality ‏@ClimateReality

Symphony of Science: @musicalscience's auto-tuned @AlGore video has over 100,000 views - thank you all! http://youtu.be/1iVDHiOEBvw 

Bill McKibben ‏@billmckibben

#Nottheheadlineyouwanttosee "The top of the world is melting." New UN report now making its way around the globehttp://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-top-of-the-world-is-melting-20121127-2a5ne.html …

Bill McKibben ‏@billmckibben

Um, whatever you say: At intl talks, US claims to be making 'enormous efforts' to fight climate change. http://www.adn.com/2012/11/25/2703677/un-to-launch-new-round-of-talks.html …

ACUPCC ‏@ACUPCC

RT @osopher: What students can do: We had a nice conversation with @PresidentMcPhee about the @ACUPCC today,  He...http://bit.ly/Th5Oz8 

Tweet Tweet!

So this may sound super nerdy but I am super excited that Van Jones, one of my favorite writers that we have read about in our environmental ethics class, has retweeted my tweet about the petition we started! This has me pumped for our very special class tomorrow! Not going to lie, I feel a little star struck. I mean CNN is the big leagues... #tweetgeek

Welcome, Dr. McPhee!

The President of our fair institution, @PresidentMcPhee, has kindly consented to join our Environmental Ethics & Activism class Monday afternoon (Nov. 26) to discuss his signing of the Presidents' Climate Commitment.

"We, the undersigned presidents and chancellors of colleges and universities, are deeply concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed of global warming and its potential for large-scale, adverse health, social, economic and ecological effects. We recognize the scientific consensus that global warming is real and is largely being caused by humans. We further recognize the need to reduce the global emission of greenhouse gases by 80% by mid-century at the latest, in order to avert the worst impacts of global warming and to reestablish the more stable climatic conditions that have made human progress over the last 10,000 years possible." Continues...

All with an interest in the environment and issues of sustainability are welcome to join us too, at 2:20 pm in James Union Building room 202 on the MTSU campus.

We hope to gain Dr. McPhee's assent to the proposition that MTSU should and will join the rapidly-growing ranks of colleges and universities whose leaders are far-sighted enough to recognize that they must lead us all toward a more sustainable world (including our TBR school rivals U. of Memphis and UT-Knoxville). He can be #665!

To add your signature, please sign our petition. Thank you!

And since it's not every day we get the ear of our President, we need to be concise and precise with our message. Some salient points we'll want to be sure to bring out:

• These Tennessee schools have already committed to "climate neutrality": Rhodes, Sewanee, Memphis, UT-Chattanooga, and UT-Knoxville. 
• Presidents signing the Commitment are pledging to eliminate their campuses’ net greenhouse gas emissions in a reasonable period of time as determined by each institution. ACUPCC institutions have agreed to: complete an emissions inventory; within two years, set a target date and interim milestones for becoming climate neutral; take immediate steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by choosing from a list of short-term actions; integrate sustainability into the curriculum and make it part of the educational experience; make the action plan, inventory and progress reports publicly available.
• FAQs
• How much will it cost? Most signatories have agreed to voluntarily pay annual dues of $1,000-$3,000 based on institution size to cover a portion of the operating expenses of the supporting organizations...
• Accountability & consequences. The ACUPCC is a pledge to create a plan to incorporate climate and sustainability into the educational experience of all students, and to pursue climate neutrality in campus operations. While there are no legal or financial repercussions for non-fulfillment, the accountability for meeting the terms of the Commitment comes through the public reporting...
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"If you want to review the history of climate diplomacy before you start seeing coverage from Doha, Qatar, next Monday of the 18th round of negotiationsunder the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, two choices are to click on this 83-second animation or click here for my past coverage for The Times..."  Andrew Revkin, DotEarth

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"Whether in 50 or 100 or 200 years, there’s a good chance that New York City will sink beneath the sea. But if there are no patterns, it means that nothing is inevitable either... " Is this the End? James Atlas, nyt

Ecotopia just ahead

We’re between texts, with Van Jones just behind us and the late Ernest Callenbach‘s Ecotopia just ahead. (We wish!) In the interim, we eagerly anticipate next Monday's visit with our esteemed university president Dr. Sidney McPhee, from whom we hope to get the green light on greening our campus. Maybe we can encourage him to help us emulate the greenest campuses. [Forbes...HuffPo... Top 100 Cool Schools] 

What would Van and Ernie say to our President? Well, Van might say that the real meaning of "True Blue" (and red and white), a patriotism and school spirit that's deep and not cheap, involves acknowledging that we as a society cannot afford not to do the right thing. We must remove our school's endowments from fossil fuel investments. Divestment worked in South Africa, it can work here. As the Williams Record said recently,

As a campus and individually, it is our responsibility as students to extricate ourselves from the industries that jeopardize our future. It is not enough to act as individuals: We are also obligated to examine the impact of our institution. The College has already made significant commitments to campus sustainability, but we must also simultaneously examine the impact of our endowment. Divestment is not just a chance to remove our endowment from unsustainable investments – it also provides an opportunity to reinvest in the green economy of the future. The Williams Record

It's not just students making this case. Unity College president Stephen Mulkey recently called on his colleagues everywhere to divest. That's not utopian or even ecotopian thinking, it's simply the right thing to do. 

Nor is it "magical," as David Remnick recently wrote in The New Yorker. 

As the writer and activist Bill McKibben writes in The New York Review of Books, “Global warming happens just slowly enough that political systems have been able to ignore it. The distress signal is emitted at a frequency that scientists can hear quite clearly, but is seemingly just beyond the reach of most politicians.” 

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Take a look at #occupy initiatives that continued after #OWS was evicted from Zuccotti Park one year ago http://bit.ly/TOicIn 
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Tom Zeller Jr. gives one of the best accounts yet of #dothemath--spread this please http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-zeller-jr/climate-change-math-politicians_b_2147001.html?utm_source=Alert-blogger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email+Notifications …
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#dothemath express rolling towards North Carolina today! http://math.350.org 

Details 

MTSU making news!

Just found this article on Fox News.com  about our own MTSU!

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/11/17/tennessee-researcher-changing-face-fuel-economy/

Petition!

Join us, November 26

Be There! 2:20PM – JUB, Room 202 – NOVEMBER 26, 2012

On Nov. 26, the Environmental Ethics class will present Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, President of MTSU, with an initiative known as the Presidential Climate Commitment. The goal is to encourage Dr. McPhee to take a stand on greening MTSU’s campus, moving toward climate neutrality. By signing the Presidential Climate Commitment, Dr. McPhee will be taking the first steps towards greening MTSU’s campus. This initiative will benefit MTSU as an educational institution and contribute to the environmental consciousness of the community. Moreover, it will show that MTSU acknowledges it’s responsibility to the future.

You can show your support by signing this petition!

MTGreenTalk

The following Tennessee colleges & universities have committed to climate neutrality:

Rhodes College, William Troutt, President

Sewanee: The University of the South, John McCardell, Vice Chancellor & President

University of Memphis, Shirley C. Raines, President

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Roger G. Brown, Chancellor

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Jimmy G. Cheek, Chancellor

Climate Reality

24 hours of reality - watch here.

Join us on November 14 for 24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report. Broadcast live on the Internet, it’s an event that anyone can attend. And it’s your chance to join millions around the world to demand real solutions.
Taking place over 24 hours, this event will put a spotlight on every region of the globe — featuring news, voices, and multimedia content across all 24 time zones. Every hour will be different. You’ll hear from experts, musicians, comedians, and everyday people about the impacts of climate change on their lives and homes.

"Propaganda," William?

Leading the event will be our Chairman, former Vice President Al Gore, who will conclude with a presentation on November 15 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
Most of all, we want to hear from you. During these 24 hours, we’ll ask you to sign a pledge and join a global movement to demand action. You can join the social media conversation, make connections, and send us your ideas. Find out how we can, and we must, solve the climate crisis — and how you can help.

climaterealityproject.org 

Myth: There is a problem with the peer-review process in general—and since the argument has become so politicized, climatologists who disagree with the consensus may be afraid to speak out.

“Climate change has tended to be caught in a straightjacket between so-called ‘skeptics’ and so-called ‘alarmists’ with seemingly little room left in the middle for people who may have reasonable doubts or heterodox views about the range of policy descriptions that should be considered for climate change of uncertain dimensions.”
–Steven F. Hayward and Kenneth Green, American Enterprise Institute, in “AEI Critiques of Warming Questioned,” Washington Post, February 5, 2007.

Peer-reviewed research is research that has been published in a scholarly scientific journal after review by an expert peer or peers from the authors’ same field. The process is undertaken to ensure that authors meet the standards of their discipline, and to establish the validity and accuracy of the research. With an occasional exception, the peer-review process generally works quite well.

Today’s widely-held views on global warming are based on literally thousands of peer-reviewed studies. The research contained in these studies is scrupulously vetted to guarantee that it is based on solid scientific evidence and methodology, and that the conclusions contained therein stand up to scientific scrutiny.

Climatologists who disagree with consensus views have little to fear from the peer-review process as long as that research conforms to scientific standards. In any event, the research of a few scientists who may hold dissenting views—whether their research is published subject to peer-review or not—at best will add only a small bit of information to a very large body of well-reviewed, established knowledge.

For More Information:

• www.aip.org/history/climate/public2.htm
• www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/01/peer-review-a-necessary-but-not-sufficient-condition/

IPCCfacts.org

McKibben channeling Thoreau

"Just as a pointless war can spark a massive peace movement, the corporate-governmental attack on the sources of life itself causes an instinctive human response on behalf of the earth. The scale and energy of this movement goes far beyond the considerable organizational power of the well-funded and well-staffed national environmental groups. It rests on the collective legacy of many previous upsurges going back as far the millions who gathered at the first Earth Day, the vast anti-nuclear power movement and the Nuclear Freeze effort. It has something to do with the 51-year old McKibben's flexible, improvisational, gentle and grounded style of leadership. A longtime resident of Vermont, a graduate of Harvard and a lyrical nature writer, his personal authenticity contains echoes of Henry David Thoreau. He seems to know that he is a prophetic instrument of an emerging force much greater than himself..." Tom Hayden, Climate Activists Hit Hard With 'Do the Math' National Tour | The Nation

McKibben asks for re-tweet:

Bill McKibben ‏@billmckibben

Electrifying moment along the #dothemath trail--Pres. Mulkey of@unitycollege has just challenged colleges everywhere to divest. Please RT

And, following up yesterday's discussion of Earthships:

I do like Alain de Botton’s thoughts on the art and beauty of great architecture, and how we’re better people when we live in beautiful surroundings. But, to draw a connection with something we spoke of yesterday in EEA, functionality and efficiency are beautiful too. Windmills and solar panels are far more beautiful to me than internal combustion engines, and “earthships” more than ranch houses. The art of sustainability is beautiful. Up@dawn

Neil deGrasse Tyson at Vanderbilt tonight

Langford Auditorium, 7 p.m. He's at work on a new version of Carl Sagan's renowned "Cosmos." And he's still strangely reviled by Disney fans as the Man who ‘killed’ Pluto.

The event is officially sold out. However, walk-ups are welcome for no-show ticket holders and late seating will be accommodated. Tickets are free for Vanderbilt students; $5 for non-VU students and $10 for the general public.

Tyson received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University and his doctorate in astrophysics from Columbia University. He is the recipient of NASA’s highest civilian award, the Distinguished Public Service Medal..."

Man who ‘killed’ Pluto

Postscript from the day after:

POSTED BY D. PATRICK RODGERS ON WED, NOV 14, 2012 AT 9:13 AM

• Dr. Tyson did indeed acknowledge this meme.

As promised, renowned astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, delivered a lecture last night at Vanderbilt's Langford Auditorium. The event sold out, but a few dozen of the science enthusiasts who braved the cold to stand in line for unclaimed tickets were indeed permitted. (I must personally thank frequent Country Life/Cream commenter Tobin the Gnome for slipping me a ticket. Preesh, Tobes.)

Dr. Tyson's talk, which revolved around "10 things everyone should know about the universe," was of course informative. Avid space nuts and students of Tyson, however, may have found the lecture somewhat cursory — he didn't quite "go deep," as they say, but you'll hardly even scratch the surface of capital-E Everything in an hour-and-a-half. Just as enlightening and entertaining as Tyson's knowledge nuggets, I must say, was the approachable manner with which he provided them. The good doctor gave his entire presentation sans shoes — a lecture hall demands a certain amount of decorum, he explained, whereas a performance stage such as Langford's calls for a more unencumbered motility. He mentioned that last night marked his second trip to Music City — his first consisted of a stay in the "habitat module" known as Opryland Hotel — and he teased geologists and biologists for their penchant for Latin nomenclature. After all, astronomers and astrophysicists give things names like "black hole," "The Big Bang" and "sunspots." Tyson proudly addressed his recent appearance inAction Comics No. 14 alongside Superman (Tyson helped Superman find the star his home planet of Krypton once orbited) and the fact that he was the inspiration for a pretty solid meme. He also noted that there are 7,000 astrophysicists on a planet with a population of 7 billion — thus reaffirming my claim that Tyson is one in a million, thank you very much.

Follow me after the jump to see the 10 universe-related things Dr. Tyson revealed to his audience last night at Vanderbilt. (Note: I'm no astrophysicist, but I'll do my best to relay Tyson's 10 points.)

10. The Universe Has a Shipload of Stars
A sextillion of them, to be precise. That's 10 to the 21st power — unless I'm counting my zeros wrong, I believe that's about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars.

9. The Universe Is Bad for Your Ego
Even less than a millennium ago, humans held that Earth was the center of the universe. Then we discovered the places of our planetary brothers and sisters within the solar system. Then, our galaxy. In the 1920s, we discovered that there is a multitude of galaxies existing within our universe. So why stop at just one universe? If there's one of something, Dr. Tyson explained, then it's typically not unique. There's a solar system, so why shouldn't there be many? And why shouldn't there be numerous galaxies and, yes, even universes. Multiverse. Hypothetical now, sure, but what will we discover in another century? In another millennium?

[and skipping ahead to #1-]

1. We Are Stardust
Tyson shared a Hubble photograph that illustrates the staggering array of just how many galaxies and stars are out there. Feel free to feel dwarfed by that — it's pretty bewildering. But the fact that I have the same molecules inside me as the Superman's sun — well, that shit makes me feel pretty big and important.

Leaves of deGrasse: Neil deGrasse Tyson Shares 10 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe at Langford Auditoriumhttp://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2012/11/14/leaves-of-degrasse-neil-degrasse-tyson-shares-10-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-universe-at-langford-auditorium …

Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference - 2012

How is this for breaking the climate silence?