Why We Should "Viralize" the term Overview Effect
My previous post on the reticence of space leaders to refer to the Overview Effect publically, and the misconceptions and lack of familiarity with the astronaut sources that have lead to it, is a perfect introduction to why the term should be widely and quickly spread. Why it should be deliberately “viralized”.
If 1) we understand the Overview Effect as the nature of the space experience itself,( and not some small sub-set of the entire range of effects it engenders), and if 2) we acknowledge the astronaut predictions of powerful social effects of mass space experience, and if 3) we become familiar with the robustness of the soon-to-emerge Space Tourism and NewSpace industry; then the importance of public education on this coming phenomena and its psycho/social and even political impact is clear.
