"I was in San Francisco and bored. And one of the things you did with boredom at that time was drop some acid and see what happens. It was kind of a minor dose. It was about 100 micrograms."
"I was pretty sure that would change everything. I wound up starting a campaign. There was a button that said, Why haven't we seen a photograph of the whole Earth yet?"
"I got to know some of the astronauts, like Rusty Schweickart. So when they took photographs, it came just a year or two later, after my campaign."
"But it led to understanding the picture, I think, for a lot."
A minor acid trip in San Francisco inspired a campaign for a photograph of Earth from space. Stewart Brand believed that seeing Earth as a whole would change perspectives. Although he did not directly influence NASA, his campaign raised awareness and led to astronauts capturing the first images of Earth. This shift in focus from looking outward to understanding our planet's significance is crucial for maintaining civilization and the environment.
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