Adventure

How the Overview Effect Could Change Your Life

Jon Killpack

We reside inside our own worlds, full of boundaries. Some of those boundaries are real. Most are constructed. Stepping out of that world is one of the healthiest activities you can practice. There is a phenomenon experienced by astronauts called the “Overview Effect.” It is a shift in awareness when one leaves the Earth’s atmosphere and looks back at the Earth from a distance. Those who have experienced it say national…
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