"When thinking about distant events, the human brain evolves to make a critical decision about proximity to self: is this happening right here, right now, to me or someone close to me? In other words, why should I care?" From the Journal of Neuroscience, 2014, Research by Thalia Wheatley.

Technology allows people all around the world to freely share information - amplifying freedom of speech ad a natural right. #LifeIlluminated aims to visualize this by mapping how global events can affect our daily life - even if it's something happening across the Ocean.