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The Hottest August

Well, what's a risk, right? A risk is something where you multiply the probability of a...

Well, what's a risk, right? A risk is something where you multiply the probability of a harm the magnitude of the harm, ay? So it's a very small probability that we'll have a nuclear war, but the level of the harm
is so vast that we actually need to be
thinking about it all the time

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Well, what's a risk, right?
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A risk is something
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where you multiply the probability of a harm
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the magnitude of the harm, ay?
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So it's a very small probability
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that we'll have a nuclear war,
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but the level of the harm is so vast
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that we actually need to be thinking about it all the time.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:25
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
The Hottest August, LLC,ITVS,Oh Ratface Films,Walking Productions,Grasshopper Films,Cinereach,Field of Vision

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Movie Summary

Ordinary people in New York are asked to talk about their lives and their hopes for the future in a time marked by political division and climate change.
That is, a very small probability - The Hottest August 00:07
That is, a very small probability
- Capitalism, like many things--like many things, uh, - The Hottest August 00:07
- Capitalism, like many things--like many things, uh,
I think capitalism, first and--first and foremost, - The Hottest August 00:09
I think capitalism, first and--first and foremost,
It is the best alternative among many. - The Hottest August 00:06
It is the best alternative among many.
Ownership of assets, which is what capitalism is-- - The Hottest August 00:06
Ownership of assets, which is what capitalism is--
That kind of ownership, - The Hottest August 00:06
That kind of ownership,
Like, we need to own clean air. - The Hottest August 00:04
Like, we need to own clean air.
[thunder clapping] - The Hottest August 00:07
[thunder clapping]
[thunder cracking] - The Hottest August 00:31
[thunder cracking]
- How you are both feeling about the future? - The Hottest August 00:06
- How you are both feeling about the future?
- Yes, I didn't want to come right out and say that, - The Hottest August 00:19
- Yes, I didn't want to come right out and say that,
- Uh, I worry about finances. - The Hottest August 00:06
- Uh, I worry about finances.
Uh, I worry about, um, just, you know, like, - The Hottest August 00:10
Uh, I worry about, um, just, you know, like,
You know, this is not my house, - The Hottest August 00:07
You know, this is not my house,
- Yeah, a little bit. - Okay, he just worries - The Hottest August 00:06
- Yeah, a little bit. - Okay, he just worries
So he misses out right now. See, I'm the opposite. - The Hottest August 00:06
So he misses out right now. See, I'm the opposite.
I--I want to do things now. - The Hottest August 00:05
I--I want to do things now.
I try not to worry too much about the future. - The Hottest August 00:04
I try not to worry too much about the future.
You know, the only thing that I wor--like, - The Hottest August 00:11
You know, the only thing that I wor--like,
I just worry about me. You know, what I've gotta do. - The Hottest August 00:05
I just worry about me. You know, what I've gotta do.