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What separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom
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Interreflections

What separate us fromthe rest of the animal kingdom is that we haveno natural predators

What separate us from
the rest of the animal kingdom is that we have
no natural predators

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What separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom
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is that we have no natural predators.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
02:05:37
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
Nothing out there to snatch us up for an afternoon snack. - Interreflections 00:05
Nothing out there to snatch us up for an afternoon snack.
We're also uniquely aware of our own mortality and fight it - Interreflections 00:10
We're also uniquely aware of our own mortality and figh...
Little stopping us from reproducing - Interreflections 00:09
Little stopping us from reproducing
Evolution had to do something a bit different with us. - Interreflections 00:05
Evolution had to do something a bit different with us.
So, instead, we are our own predators. - Interreflections 00:06
So, instead, we are our own predators.
Which explains not only why humans murder each other - Interreflections 00:20
Which explains not only why humans murder each other
- You mean structural violence. - Embedded into the very design - Interreflections 00:07
- You mean structural violence. - Embedded into the very des...
So that is what the Malthusian Mandate does, - Interreflections 00:06
So that is what the Malthusian Mandate does,
No, the Mandate isn't a policy of action. - Interreflections 00:05
No, the Mandate isn't a policy of action.
It's a policy of inaction, a commitment - Interreflections 00:07
It's a policy of inaction, a commitment
But without the premature death - Interreflections 00:09
But without the premature death
As you know, - Interreflections 00:09
As you know,
And out of the 70 million who now die each year - Interreflections 00:07
And out of the 70 million who now die each year
So 40 percent of all global deaths - Interreflections 00:06
So 40 percent of all global deaths
Again, this is system-level behavior, John. - Interreflections 00:04
Again, this is system-level behavior, John.
You want to know what the population would be - Interreflections 00:05
You want to know what the population would be
If we removed inequality driven mortality - Interreflections 00:16
If we removed inequality driven mortality
When the great Reverend Thomas Malthus decided - Interreflections 00:08
When the great Reverend Thomas Malthus decided
We're almost ten times that now despite his projections. - Interreflections 00:04
We're almost ten times that now despite his projections...
Second, in the modern era, - Interreflections 00:06
Second, in the modern era,