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Stop Numbing Out — Awe, Presence, and Feeling Alive Again | Caroline Paul
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- May 13, 2026
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Summary
Astronauts come back from space describing the same strange shift: a sudden connection to humanity, compassion for living things, and this visceral understanding of how fragile Earth really is. They call it the overview effect. Caroline Paul has spent years thinking about a version of that shift closer to home—through flying, through attention, and through awe. And her new book, Why Fly, is built around that question: what changes in us when the world suddenly feels bigger than our prob...