July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
... period from the origins of the Earth to Yuri Gagarin’s flight, might then be called ‘Pre-overview effect 1.0’. No-one had experienced the overview effect and therefore no-one could really describe it, although some people’s ideas came quite close...
June 2018
We live on a planet!
... interconnectivity of everything – of the Earth itself and all who inhabit it. This shift in impression was coined as the ‘Overview Effect’ by Frank White, and his beautiful phrase has stuck. Astronauts and non-astronauts alike have become...
01 October 2019
The Cosma Hypothesis: implications of the overview effect
From the author of ‘The Overview Effect’, this books represents the culmination of his “effort to develop a space philosophy”. Frank White argues that this ...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... we think about our own humanity and shared responsibility to each other and to nature, if phenomena like the overview effect are any indication. The future of Earth depends on our future in space. The frameworks we establish now to support...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... if more of the world’s rich and powerful people - politicians, company directors, opinion leaders - could be exposed to the Overview Effect of seeing our planet Earth from space, the result would be greatly beneficial. This is the promise of private...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...artistic views tend to produce a reflection of the research topic with a kind of overview effect that helps specialised scientists to connect to other fields. This overview effect can also be observed with astronauts viewing Earth in its entirety and...
