But the truth is harder—and more demanding:
We are one species on one planet with one future.
In an age of climate instability, geopolitical tension, and rapid technological change, the lie of separation is becoming more dangerous.
Problems today are planetary in scale.
Solutions must be planetary as well.
From space, there is no “foreign” air.
No “international” ocean.
No “other people’s” climate.
There is only Earth.
And every action—political, economic, personal—feeds into that closed system.
The Lie vs. the Truth
The lie says:
– We are divided.
– Our differences define us.
– The planet is resilient enough to handle anything.
– Individual actions don’t matter.
The truth, as seen from space, says:
– We are interconnected.
– Cooperation is survival.
– Earth is resilient but not invincible.
– Every action leaves a mark.
After 178 days in space, the astronaut didn’t come back with all the answers.
But he came back with clarity.
He said the most important shift wasn’t about science or technology—it was about perspective.
You don’t need to go to space to question the lie.
You just need to zoom out.
Look at the systems you’re part of.
Look at the long-term consequences of short-term decisions.
Look at how often “us vs. them” language appears in everyday life.
And then ask:
What would this look like from 250 miles up?
Very few humans will ever see Earth from space.
But the message that comes back from those who do is remarkably consistent.
They don’t talk about borders.
They don’t talk about ownership.
They don’t talk about dominance.
They talk about unity.
Fragility.
Responsibility.
After 178 days in orbit, the astronaut realized the greatest lie humanity tells itself is that we are separate.
From space, that lie disappears.
What remains is a small, blue world—beautiful, vulnerable, and shared by all of us.
And once you truly see that, it’s impossible to unsee it.
