Carl Sagan - Who Speaks for Earth

Excerpted from “Cosmos“ Episode 13 “Who Speaks for Earth“ “The global balance of terror, pioneered by the United States and the Soviet Union, holds hostage all the citizens of the earth. Each side persistently probes the limits of the other’s tolerance, like; the Cuban missile crisis, the testing of anti-satellite weapons, the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. The hostile military establishments are locked in some ghastly mutual embrace, each needs the other. But the balance of terror is a delicate balance, w