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Sure. So I think the defining question of civilization
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Interreflections

Sure. So I think the definingquestion of civilization is what characteristicsenable us to...

Sure. So I think the defining
question of civilization is what characteristics
enable us to survive and prosper sustainably and peacefully
over generational time

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Sure. So I think the defining question of civilization
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is what characteristics enable us to survive and prosper
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sustainably and peacefully over generational time.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:32
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
fantasy, sci-fi
Production
Gentle Machine Productions LLC

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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
Thousands of years ago, upon the advent of agriculture, - Interreflections 00:13
Thousands of years ago, upon the advent of agriculture,
Not only incompatible with the habitat, - Interreflections 00:11
Not only incompatible with the habitat,
And, long story short, humans are simply not meant to exist - Interreflections 00:13
And, long story short, humans are simply not meant to exist
It's always interesting to review the work - Interreflections 00:28
It's always interesting to review the work
If we've proven to be anything, it's adaptable. - Interreflections 00:04
If we've proven to be anything, it's adaptable.
We're not infinitely malleable, - Interreflections 00:17
We're not infinitely malleable,
Or more specifically, that structure's economic basis. - Interreflections 00:05
Or more specifically, that structure's economic basis.
If that structure rewards competition, dominance, - Interreflections 00:26
If that structure rewards competition, dominance,
Why? Because the economic basis of survival - Interreflections 00:09
Why? Because the economic basis of survival
So what I mean by maladaptation is while humanity - Interreflections 00:13
So what I mean by maladaptation is while humanity
The economic system was simply incompatible - Interreflections 00:22
The economic system was simply incompatible
Conditions had changed and if it wasn't for our dramatic - Interreflections 00:12
Conditions had changed and if it wasn't for our dramati...
So it must be difficult to look back - Interreflections 00:06
So it must be difficult to look back
Sure, but it reveals that as much as we'd like - Interreflections 00:10
Sure, but it reveals that as much as we'd like
We are social beings first and intellectual beings second. - Interreflections 00:05
We are social beings first and intellectual beings second.
What you see back then is a kind of mass hypnosis - Interreflections 00:14
What you see back then is a kind of mass hypnosis
One glance at the media from back then gives it all away. - Interreflections 00:04
One glance at the media from back then gives it all away.
Status posturing, people obsessed with appearing - Interreflections 00:07
Status posturing, people obsessed with appearing
All a kind of pathological emulation of those of high - Interreflections 00:09
All a kind of pathological emulation of those of high
So once again it all begs the question, - Interreflections 00:07
So once again it all begs the question,