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To argue today's society is somehow more civilized is dubious at best
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Interreflections

To argue today's society is somehowmore civilized is dubious at best

To argue today's society is somehow
more civilized is dubious at best

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To argue today's society is somehow more civilized is dubious at best.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:41:48
Uploaded
Jun 03, 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
Well, then perhaps you can encourage - Interreflections 00:09
Well, then perhaps you can encourage
You mean what's left of it? What hasn't been destroyed - Interreflections 00:12
You mean what's left of it? What hasn't been destr...
And the point here, Simon, is hunter-gatherer cultures - Interreflections 00:06
And the point here, Simon, is hunter-gatherer cultures
Variability which contradicts your vague biological determinism. - Interreflections 00:04
Variability which contradicts your vague biological determin...
John, just because history shows - Interreflections 00:07
John, just because history shows
The introduction of agriculture indeed changed - Interreflections 00:11
The introduction of agriculture indeed changed
By the advent - Interreflections 00:05
By the advent
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