For this week’s reading I found it quite satisfying because we were finally able to understand and recognize the importance and history of the ocean, and how it is as important as what’s happening on land. Similar to what a classmate said during lecture last week, political individuals do not see the importance of the ocean because you cannot claim it or “stick a flag in it” and since; “The ocean can’t be plowed, paved, or shaped in ways the eye is able to discern … it is thus difficult for humans to think of the Ocean as a place” compared to land (Roorda, page 1). But individuals are starting to see the issue in this and have come to the enlightenment that history can be seen in the ocean and now Ocean is spelt with a capital O (as seen throughout this article) to recognize that the Ocean is a place and should be treated as such like anything on land. The article looks to change individuals’ ideals of terracentrism, where it “Refers to people’s tendency to consider the world and human activity mainly in the context of the land and events that take place on land” (Roorda, page 1). With trying to change these ideals the goal is for hopefully a “growing consensus that we need to take concerted action to avoid the devastating consequences of having ignored the Ocean for too long;” because we are able to see the oceans history for example by climate change and its effects of it on the coral reef and the longevity of it all (Roorda, page 1). As well I really liked the articles clarification on the Ocean and the term “The Seven Seas” and how that term is a mutable concept and “In reality, there is only on interconnected global Ocean, with currents that exchange water widely among its different regions, with the same molecules of H2O moving from one todays seven Oceans to another, and then another, over the course of ageless and endless cycles of circulation” (Roorda, page 1). Also, with having so little knowledge on the Ocean compared to what we have going on on land and space, the shift of mindset to realizing that the Ocean holds history and carries the same importance if not more from that of on land may be what we as a society need for understanding our earth even more and possibly with the issue of climate change.