National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light.(28) Sagan does not identify which aspects of religious and ethnic identity he considers fanatical or chauvinistic, and it is clear that he considers clinging to any of these out-dated ideologies to be a barrier to the kind of progress he envisions. The rapid shift to globalism that has stripped nations of cultural,
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