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Interreflections

By the advent of economic surplus

By the advent of economic surplus

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By the advent
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of economic surplus.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:42:40
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
fantasy, sci-fi
Production
Gentle Machine Productions LLC

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In a quest for a new, more humane society, a counter-culture revolution takes the world by storm. In the first of the InterReflections Trilogy, we look back to the modern world and wonder how it was we managed to survive as long as w
Resources and goods that could be stored, - Interreflections 00:11
Resources and goods that could be stored,
A phenomenon that was impossible in a hunter-gatherer reality. - Interreflections 00:05
A phenomenon that was impossible in a hunter-gatherer realit...
And it was that realization that sparked our now - Interreflections 00:08
And it was that realization that sparked our now
Genetic dormancy of an evolutionary expression. - Interreflections 00:05
Genetic dormancy of an evolutionary expression.
Needed an environmental trigger, - Interreflections 00:09
Needed an environmental trigger,
Compelling. Intuitive. Plausible. - Interreflections 00:05
Compelling. Intuitive. Plausible.
All simpleton, pedestrian, bio-deterministic - Interreflections 00:06
All simpleton, pedestrian, bio-deterministic
You think it's wise to insult me given this circumstance, John. - Interreflections 00:05
You think it's wise to insult me given this circumstanc...
But not because of someone's dormant psychological - Interreflections 00:06
But not because of someone's dormant psychological
It was about what such a society technically required, - Interreflections 00:08
It was about what such a society technically required,
Think about it. First you need the proper land, - Interreflections 00:11
Think about it. First you need the proper land,
And since land quality varies some settlements will prosper - Interreflections 00:07
And since land quality varies some settlements will prosper
So what happens when a group finds itself with failed crops - Interreflections 00:06
So what happens when a group finds itself with failed crops
They may trade with other groups, - Interreflections 00:08
They may trade with other groups,
Or if they have nothing to trade, desperate, - Interreflections 00:12
Or if they have nothing to trade, desperate,
At the same time people begin to notice the imbalance - Interreflections 00:10
At the same time people begin to notice the imbalance
Hence the birth of inequity, poverty, socio-economic class. - Interreflections 00:05
Hence the birth of inequity, poverty, socio-economic class.
Simon, every major structural aspect of society today, - Interreflections 00:16
Simon, every major structural aspect of society today,
So your theory is if you change the structure of society - Interreflections 00:08
So your theory is if you change the structure of society
- There's no going back, John. - No one's going back. - Interreflections 00:05
- There's no going back, John. - No one's going ba...