Ivanka Trump: belief

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…… pale blue dot, just all the stuff that ever happened in human civilization is on that. And to be able to look at it and just be in awe, I don’t think that’s a thing that will go away. I think being interplanetary, my hope is that that heightens for us how rare it is what we have, how precious the Earth is. I hope that it has that effect because I think there’s a big component to interplanetary travel that kind of taps into this kind of manifest destiny inclination, like the human desire to conquer territory and expand the footprint of civilization. That sometimes feels much more rooted in dominance and conquest than curiosity, wonder. And obviously, I think there’s maybe an existential imperative for it at some point, or a strategic and security one. But I hope that what feels inevitable at this moment, I mean, you know Elon Musk and what he’s doing with SpaceX and Jeff Bezos and others, it feels like it’s not an if, it’s a when at this point. I hope it also underscores the need to protect what we have here. Yeah. I hope it’s the curiosity that drives that exploration. And I hope the exploration will give us a deeper appreciation of the thing we have back home, and that Earth will always be home and it’s a home that we protect and celebrate. What gives you hope about the future of this thing we have going on? Human civilization, the whole thing.…

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