“They looked up and they snapped this picture, and it became known as...” – Inconvenient Truth, An ... Movie Quotes Database

They looked up and they snapped this picture, and it became known as "Earthrise" And that one picture exploded in the consciousness of humankind. It led to dramatic changes. Within 18 months of this picture being taken the modern environmental movement had begun.

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The struggles, the victories that aren't really victories, the defeats that aren't really defeats, they can serve to magnify the significance of some trivial step forward, exaggerate the seeming importance of some massive setback. Making mistakes in centuries and generations past would have consequences that we could overcome. We don't have that luxury anymore. Old Habits plus Old Technology have predictable consequences. Old Habits, that are hard to change, plus New Technology can have dramatically altered consequences.