NASA astronaut says we're 'living a lie' after 178-day stay in space

"I didn't see the economy. But since our human-made systems treat everything, including the very life-support systems of our planet, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie."

"From space, the planet's fragile life-support systems, its atmosphere, oceans and ecosystems are clearly visible, yet human society treats them as if they exist only to serve the global economy."

"We need to move from thinking economy, society, planet to planet, society, economy. That's when we're going to continue our evolutionary process."

Ron Garan spent 178 days on the International Space Station in 2011, completing nearly 3,000 orbits around Earth. From this vantage point, he experienced a profound realization about humanity's relationship with the planet. Viewing Earth from space revealed the fragility of its life-support systems, atmosphere, oceans, and ecosystems. Garan recognized that human society treats these natural systems as subsidiaries of the global economy, which he describes as living a lie. He advocates for reordering priorities from economy-society-planet to planet-society-economy. This perspective shift, known as the Overview Effect, represents a fundamental change in how humanity should organize its values and continue its evolutionary process.

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