Join the conversation
Log in or create an account to leave a comment
Log In
It's always interesting
to review the work of mainstream scientists
at the turn of the 21st century as they desperately try
to convince themselves that a competitive,
exploitative, vainly status seeking mindset
was an inalterable expression of human nature,
when the fact is our genes, our biology and how
the environment interacts with our evolved selves allows
for a vast range of orientations with narrow self-interest,
greed, merely part of that range
to review the work of mainstream scientists
at the turn of the 21st century as they desperately try
to convince themselves that a competitive,
exploitative, vainly status seeking mindset
was an inalterable expression of human nature,
when the fact is our genes, our biology and how
the environment interacts with our evolved selves allows
for a vast range of orientations with narrow self-interest,
greed, merely part of that range
Full Transcript
00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.136
It's always interesting
to review the work
00:00:03.168 --> 00:00:06.205
of mainstream scientists
at the turn of the 21st century
00:00:06.239 --> 00:00:08.542
as they desperately try
to convince themselves
00:00:08.574 --> 00:00:10.476
that a competitive,
exploitative,
00:00:10.509 --> 00:00:14.013
vainly status seeking mindset
was an inalterable expression
00:00:14.001 --> 00:00:17.001
of human nature,
when the fact is our genes,
00:00:17.998 --> 00:00:19.552
our biology and how
the environment interacts
00:00:19.585 --> 00:00:24.009
with our evolved selves allows
for a vast range of orientations
00:00:24.123 --> 00:00:28.194
with narrow self-interest,
greed, merely part of that range.
Want This Clip in HD?
Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →
Movie Summary
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