1987: that’s when Frank White coined the “overview effect.”
The sea-view version of a space epiphany
Frank White coined the term “overview effect” in 1987 after looking out the window of a commercial flight. He’s a Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar who has spent decades trying to get a ticket to space, and MoonDAO is fundraising to send him up for his first-hand version at 81. The punchline is almost too neat: he understood the shift before he ever left the stratosphere.
Gobble's Take: Apparently you don’t need orbit to get humbled by perspective — just a window and the willingness to notice.
Source: Perplexity Search
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