Surviving Progress
Featuring, Stephen Hawking, Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, Michael Hudson, David Suzuki, Craig Venter.
Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing?
'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.
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Not the best I have seen but very good at reviewing history, and delineating the ways in which history repeats. I kind of like the way they show humans, as a species, have not evolved. The hardware of our brains is the same as in prehistoric times, programmed as hunters. All that has changed is the configuration and intricacies of the hunt, the tools at our disposal with which to hunt, and the impact of these on civilization, the economy, and the planet.
What is a little scary, is the focus on using genetic technology as a way to force humans to evolve from the hunter into something as yet undefined. Even scarier is who will control this evolution and for what purpose. And, is this just more of the hunter mentality or is it potential progress.
Kind of cool to think about from this perspective.
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