After reading the introduction I felt that my eyes were opened to the ways in which the majority of humans, or “terrestrial species” as the introduction had mentioned, view the ocean. It was quite disheartening to read how humans see the ocean as, “[…] a changeless space, one without a history. Because the Ocean can’t be plowed, paved, or shaped in ways the eye is able to discern, it has seemed to be a constant, while the land has changed drastically over the centuries” (Pg. 1). While the ocean surely does offer humans several different benefits and things to reap from, it serves as an ambiguous space which doesn’t hold much other than the water. It makes me feel sad as if the ocean offered more, like land to live on underwater for example, then it would hold a deeper meaning within humanity. The introduction mentioned how we have spent a lot of time ignoring the ocean and its history, but I can’t help but wonder what other approach or perspective humans would have towards it once, “[…] the Ocean, which currently covers 71 percent of the world, a figure that is certain to rise along with sea level” (Pg. 1), will it only matter then?