37 years ago, Carl Sagan imagined anEncyclopaedia Galactica, a 'vast repository of the knowledge of many worlds'. 'Imagine' he pondered, 'the impact on us if we could study a rich compilation of not merely one world but billions.' Parallax is a series of video essays that wonders what an entry in this Encyclopaedia Galactica might look like. What do we learn when we step outside of our myopic, planetary view and see life from a wider perspective?