This is how I see this idea and is not exactly the same as some of the "others" you might meet round here.
Let's start at the beginning, I find that 8 out of 10 cats prefer it. Mind some great pieces of work start at the end but for this the beginning, which of course is Douglas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is where we shall start.
I'm not going to even try and do any kind of summary of this work but pull out from it's pages a few..err..facts? Mainly the actual Guide itself, the book thing.
Keeping it simple, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is exactly what it says it is. If you want to know about the planet your on or is that lifeform going to eat me then the Guide is a great place to start. That said it's only as good as the information put in it and occasionally it might not be quite right. For the most part it's close enough and you can always send in a edit as the safe lifeform you have just encountered is eating your leg to put things right. (if your not completely eaten and it was in fact that lifeform that said it was safe in the first place to maintain it's food source. It happens.)
So are you still with me, okay the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was never published on the Earth and before it even could of been the Earth was destroyed, of course in the Douglas Adams books it was. However without going into a whole load of different dimensions and time lines type of stuff, I think it's fair to say right now the Earth is okay (for the moment) but the Guide still hasn't been published yet.
This is the beginnings to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Earth or the Blue Planet.
What better way to explore our Blue Planet, not as ourself but as a visiting alien. In doing so you get the freedom of seeing your part of the world with new eyes.
A chance to try a different perspective and look at things that you see everyday and wonder. It even gives you the chance to discuss subjects that you might not have tackled before.
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