A review by ghulsona
The Great Silence by Ted Chiang

emotional reflective sad

5.0

I loved this story, I am literally always thinking about this. I love the idea of aliens as much as the next person and I will never not be excited by humanity's quest to find life beyond our planet, but at the same time, the amount of resources that goes into this endeavor is insane to me. The way we will pour billions into trying to confirm even the smallest possibilty of extraterrestrial life while neglecting or/and harming the life that already exists on our planet, whether it be marginalized communities or species nearing extinction, is so devastating to me. Wish we could learn to recognize and appreciate the beauty in the life around us.