o be intriguing or for me frustrating. How can I know the difference?

Social media while fun at times has gone off the rails. Largely troll-based. Good grief I have seen people reposting missing posters for people already found, burglary pictures from a movie saying it's in our hometown, to Obi-Wan as Jesus. No one looks up facts anymore. We just want to get in an uproar about something and I don't need that kind of stress in my life. It's time to start thinking for myself and stop taking people's opinions for truths.

Why am I rambling on about all this? Well it's because of this book and how it helped changed my perception. The things I have been told over the years don't add up. And this new path I'm on makes sense and has truths. It's a wonderful feeling to be humbled. I don't need a purpose. And it's widely exciting to think that there are other sentient beings out in the universe.30:T444,July 2022: ARC or Advanced Reader Copy, won in Goodreads giveaway -- thank you.

A quick, easy read-- Starry Messenger is a natural extension of the cosmic perspective ideas that Tyson touched on in Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. It's easy to get behind the spirit of the book-- taking a step back and looking at the big picture can give us the reset we need to view human civilization from a more unbiased perspective. Tyson excels when he focuses on exploring what our discoveries of the universe have revealed to us about life on earth, but at times it feels like the word "scientific" could be substituted for "cosmic" in the subtitle of the book. As always, Tyson's humor is a welcome constant and helps to make up for any lack of continuity in the "cosmic" theme. Once you get past the fact that Starry Messenger is loosely focused on the concept of what cosmic truths can teach us, you can really settle in and enjoy Tyson's quirky musings on the absurd and insightful aspects of humanity, and its hopeful striving for enlightenment and happiness.

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