Tim Urban: Why I Brought My Toddler to Watch SpaceX’s Flying Skyscraper
“It’s the feeling of swelling pride that comes from being in awe of your own species,” writes Tim Urban for The Free Press. (Images via SpaceX/X, Getty Images, Tim Urban)
I can’t shield my daughter from negativity. But I can continually redirect her attention to the rocket—showing her all the ways our species is incredible.
Last night, I received two texts from Bari Weiss:
Any interest in writing a short piece about that jaw-dropping launch?
And why you brought your daughter to see it?
The first question is an easy one. I’ve been fascinated by space ever since I gained sentience sometime in the mid-1980s. I had the order of the planets down by age four, and a few years later…
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