June 2nd, 2009

There’s nothing like some perspective to pull people out of their introverted,  stressed out world.  Recent evidence suggests that our moral compasses have gone haywire due to an overload of information and that we are increasingly choosing to participate in black and white judgment calls, a la “Britain’s Got Talent” as that’s all we can process.  However I’d argue that it’s a question of what we make ourselves look at; whilst I’m not above the “tune out” factor when needed, maybe sometimes we need to look elsewhere for the tune out.  There has been a recent spate of interest again in the Hubble telescope and the images being relased by it; the sheer expanse and wonder of the images are the sort of tune out needed and highlight the issue of choice.   Much as the direction needed for optimism, perspective and where we get it needs to be driven by a choice from what we have available and being brave enough to tune out in a more positive way.

Source: The Times , Hubble