James Burke: Self - Host

Quotes 

• Self - Host : And when they slip anchor, and head out into anonymity of the tractless ocean like Columbus did,

  [holds up a satellite image of ships] 

  Self - Host : that's what they look like from another satellite. Ships wakes, from 400 miles up, at night. That's the irony. The very ability to measure and control the universe at a distance means that we too can be measured and controlled in the same way. In gridding the world, we have gridded ourselves. There's nowhere to go and hide anymore. But then, today, who would want to?