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My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by colanderman »

sp332 wrote: post #50
colanderman wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> [Zaphod] had seen the whole universe stretching to infinity around him—everything. And with it had come the clear and extraordinary knowledge that he was the most important thing in it. —Douglas Adams

Missing some important context on that one lol. The "real" version of that device drives people crazy with their insignificance. The one Zaphod goes into is in a simulation designed for him, where he really is the most important thing.

Fair enough!

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by ramzyo »

dorkwood wrote: post #30

Worth watching is the moment Shatner tries to explain his experience to Bezos, and Bezos barely listens. A portrait of two very different men. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AilPvC37c

Looks like they had a meaningful conversation about it a little later. https://youtu.be/jstD4tIuRuI

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by peteradio »

dorkwood wrote: post #30

Worth watching is the moment Shatner tries to explain his experience to Bezos, and Bezos barely listens. A portrait of two very different men. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AilPvC37c

The only thing that sucks is that all this had to be videotaped. Has noone else been pulled in multiple directions at a party, its an uncomfortable situation kind of like having high-guy telling you all his mindblowing theories he just thought of and your like I'm not drunk yet.

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by osigurdson »

dao- wrote: post #74
osigurdson wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Screaming "whooo" is legitimate behaviour after doing something exhilarating/dangerous for the first time.

Your comment is legitimate as well, yet you've completely missed the point.

Imagine that you are in Bezos situation, you have 20 people super excited about what was just achieved (including yourself). You have one person that is reacting in a deeply philosophical way. Everyone knows that you are the leader and you set the tone. Do you want to change the tone at that moment to a deeply philosophical (and slightly non-positive) one? Being the leader is not as easy as many think.

I suspect the deep philosophical discussion did happen, but perhaps at a more appropriate time.

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by ETH_start »

dorkwood wrote: post #30

Worth watching is the moment Shatner tries to explain his experience to Bezos, and Bezos barely listens. A portrait of two very different men. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AilPvC37c

In this segment, Bezos is listening intently:

https://youtu.be/OTfQVMH5SuI

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by marcusverus »

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #67
ShamelessC wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why was this flagged? Shatner clearly refuses the champagne.

Quoted post unavailable.

It was flagged because it's hyperbolic flamebait-- a perfect example of the sort of low-effort comment that is discouraged on HN.

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by tjpnz »

dorkwood wrote: post #30

Worth watching is the moment Shatner tries to explain his experience to Bezos, and Bezos barely listens. A portrait of two very different men. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AilPvC37c

I watched it live and remember distinctly how my mouth dropped to the floor.

He was pouring his heart out to the man but you could tell that he just didn't want be there. The least he could've done is pretend to show an interest but he couldn't even do that.

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by dang »

ShamelessC wrote: post #61
vermilingua wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You want a little of this? From the top comment: > It becomes that much worse when you remember that Shatner is a recovering alcoholic, and lost his wife to an alcohol related drowning incident. Bezos is a real piece of shit.

Why was this flagged? Shatner clearly refuses the champagne.

It broke the site guidelines and therefore was correctly flagged.

Whether or not HN commenters owe superbillionaires better, they definitely owe this community better if they're participating in it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: My Trip to Space Filled Me with Overwhelming Sadness

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Post by textide »

theGnuMe wrote: post #77
INTPenis wrote: post #38

This was very well written, very insightful and humble. Considering he's usually an asshole to people IRL. But I guess he just comes off that way when he wants to convey his truth to people. Not completely foreign to myself, having discovered that I'm actually autistic in my late 30s. That explained a lot. Anyways, this overview effect is something I always felt, even without going into space. I always felt we were w…

Has anyone tried to replicate this in VR?

Kerbal Space Program provided glimpses of this for me. Leaving the home planet and getting into orbit after hours of trial and error, then eventually heading towards the Mun and then other planets was a sort of virtual Overview Effect. I didn't have any attachment to the home planet (and the idea of much of the game is to leave in the first place) but leaving and then looking around while enjoying the first moment in orbit/arriving at a new planet was a big 'Woah!' in my gaming life.
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