Apparently I’ve been missing out. Until yesterday I hadn’t been aware of Carl Sagan and his books, shows and contributions to science (I blame my local PBS station). I’m going to catch up on all the great reading content Carl has out there (starting with The Demon-Haunted World). but I’ve also been watching a bunch of his Cosmos videos that are archived online. EXCELLENT stuff.
And now, for my new favorite song by Carl Sagan feat. Stephen Hawking “A glorious dawn”. I hope someone auto-tunes me posthumously. Go to it!
I’d also like to point out that this is a brilliant use of copy written material that. Sure the original producers of that material lay claim to that content (the publishers, the TV networks, etc). But I can’t think of another better way for great contributions to science and literature to be communicated and translated into alternate forms so that the masses can re-consume, re-acquaint, re-visit these treasures.
Can you tell I’m reading about copyright law? Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig