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Space Log Report from Earth (Potential Questions) - Coggle Diagram
Space Log Report from Earth (Potential Questions)
What makes a planet/geographic location valuable? What is valuable to living beings? What is valuable to humans?
(2) Compare a bunch of different factors like: air and water quality and soil fertility vs. natural beauty vs. # of people in the area vs. # of jobs in the area
Would be interesting to have MC explore and send a postcard from an area that is physically beautiful to the senses but couldn't support human life long-term (Antarctica?)
Ancient human cultures used to think Earth was a deity...in modern
(1) Money is valued more highly than water or other natural resources on Earth. Even gold and diamonds are usually only valued because they are "expensive" materials i.e. require a lot of money.
MC goes to the mall. And will realize in 10 seconds what people value, ha. Maybe have them recount a scene where they see a lottery machine next to a water fountain and they react very differently to both objects than the humans nearby.
What's the difference between a planet and a civilization?
(1) You can only build a civilization when you first have a planet with resources
(2) Humans have a certain idea of what a "civilized" culture looks like but it shows emphasis on a definition of wealth and prosperity that I (Himaja) don't agree with
(3) The Earth is the raw material that we all started with to turn rocks and trees into homes. Brick houses and skyscrapers can only exist because of the metal and clay they were shaped from..
How is technology used on Earth? Are the right problems being solved with technology?
(1) Technology is more often used to distract rather than to focus. I might need to do more research in this argument because I don't know the funding $s for other tech projects.
Sketch of an iPhone + short journal entry about the MC's experience with the piece of tech after using it in a big city for one day. Will probably resolve with it being thrown in the trash can :)
(2) Technology is being applied to the problems of a very small and homogenous group of people on Earth, rather than the most urgent problems facing the globe. This is referred to as "Technosolutionism"
What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be a person? How are humans different from other animals?
(1) Planning for the future, thinking about the future beyond just survival is a very human quality
(2) Humans are both who they are at their worst moments when they can't see the humanity in others, and at their best moments when they DO see the humanity in others (and celebrate it)
MC tries to apply for a part-time job in America to support themself while they do their scientific research on Earth but gets turned away because they don't have a social security number. (Job rejection letter)
MC experiences systemic discrimination based on their appearance or accent or something else they can't control. Could use a comparison to fictional home planet to show what it looks like when we stop "other-ing" those who look different from the most powerful in society. (Piece of eggshell / tomato / other hurled object)
MC (Main Character) goes grocery shopping and witnesses a random act of kindness, then partakes in it. (grocery receipt)
MC couchsurfs/airbnb's with a close-knit family and observes the ways the members communicate their love to each other both verbally and non-verbally. Include something about the capacity to self-reflect. (Journal entry)
(3) Emotions?
Who owns the Earth?
is it certain people? all people? none of the people who inhabit it?
will have to think on this one...
BIG 3 IDEAS:
(1) The Earth can't be valued in the ways and metrics that humans typically use. It enables life and that is priceless.
(2) A polished product can't be separated from the raw materials that it was built out of, and that includes humans. (Might revise this one I think it's not open-ended enough)
(3) Something about technology that I can't really pinpoint yet