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King was describing her brush with the Overview Effect, space philosopher Frank White’s term for the cognitive shift a person experiences when viewing the Earth from space.

Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote, “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

As has been widely reported, historian Timothy Snyder and philosopher Jason Stanley have both decided to leave Yale University and move to Canada where they have accepted professorships at the University of Toronto.

This year marks another anniversary: 50 years ago, the philosopher Robert Nozick foresaw the themes of The Matrix – and much more about contemporary life – by proposing an intriguing thought experiment.

“He’s a great listener, a great philosopher and his story of working at McDonald’s to get his first guitar has always stayed with me.”