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by mingus88 270 days ago
Dragons of Eden was formative for me.

I feel like the current generation of young people don’t have anyone like Carl Sagan to bring a sense of wonder to science and exploration. It makes me sad.

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Sean Carroll, author of the book The Big Picture and host of the Mindscape podcast, has been this for me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_M._Carroll

> "I feel like the current generation of young people don’t have anyone like Carl Sagan to bring a sense of wonder to science and exploration. It makes me sad."

The closest I've seen in modern times is maybe [Neil DeGrasse Tyson][1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson

hank green, Veritasium, Mark Rober, SmarterEveryDay
Oh yeah, duh! I totally forgot about YouTube... Tons of great science communicators on YouTube! I should know better. I've learned truck-loads of great "sciencey" skills and knowledge from YouTubers.