On the scale of the Universe, humanity isn’t even a speck.
We’re each just a tiny, minuscule fraction of our own planet: Earth.
It would take nearly an Avogadro’s number of humans to equal Earth’s mass.
Earth is just one modest planet orbiting our Sun: one of ~400 billion stars within the Milky Way.
Our Milky Way is second to Andromeda within our Local Group of galaxies.
Beyond the Local Group, much larger, richer, more massive groups and clusters of galaxies abound.
Altogether, trillions of galaxies are strewn throughout the observable, expanding Universe.
Owing to dark energy, news of humanity’s greatest exploits will never reach practically all of them.
And yet, from a different perspective, we truly are remarkable.
We inhabit a rocky world, formed from ancient stellar ashes.
For some ~4 billion years, continents and oceans have persisted on Earth’s surface.
Life emerged early on Earth, surviving and thriving ever since.
Multicelluarity, sexual reproduction, complexity, and high levels of differentiation eventually arose.
Within ourselves, an organ powers “thought” like no other: the human brain.
After 13.8 billion years, civilized humans finally comprehend our Universe.
Humanity’s imagination, creativity, and intelligence remains unmatched.
Perhaps, someday, we’ll sufficiently appreciate our achievements.
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