There are lots of nitpicker negative reviewers on here that are "missing the forest for the trees." While it's not perfect, the documentary is essentially conveying a very simple truth: that an infinite expansion of human population, human industry, resource consumption, GDP, and ever rising stock markets is a mathematical impossibility, and will lead to environmental and societal collapse.
While the production values of the documentary leave a little to be desired - it's essentially a copy of Michael Moore's "common man seeking answers" motif, with dead pan narration interspersed with interview segments - what kept me watching was that as you go along, you can see the incredible hypocrisy that Jeff Gibbs begins to uncover, and it's fascinating to watch the real-time cognitive-dissonance on display in some of the interview candidates.
Many have bought into a lie that by throwing away our current crop of mass produced factory goods (that are still good) and manufacturing a whole new fleet of "green" goods, that the earth will be saved. This is a comforting lie because it tells that you don't need to sacrifice a thing. It tells you that you can consume what you like, buy a new car every couple years, have 10 kids if you feel like it, mow down that forest because you'd rather have something built there, divert that river because it's in your way - a trail of selfish, self centred thinking. What's killing the earth is not a lack of a Tesla on every driveway, it's the mining and manufacturing and polluting that go into making everything that we consume and dispose of on a regular basis, including vehicles. If humanity is going to survive, a complete paradigm shift is required to conserve resources, limit growth, and end our culture of disposable consumption.
While the production values of the documentary leave a little to be desired - it's essentially a copy of Michael Moore's "common man seeking answers" motif, with dead pan narration interspersed with interview segments - what kept me watching was that as you go along, you can see the incredible hypocrisy that Jeff Gibbs begins to uncover, and it's fascinating to watch the real-time cognitive-dissonance on display in some of the interview candidates.
Many have bought into a lie that by throwing away our current crop of mass produced factory goods (that are still good) and manufacturing a whole new fleet of "green" goods, that the earth will be saved. This is a comforting lie because it tells that you don't need to sacrifice a thing. It tells you that you can consume what you like, buy a new car every couple years, have 10 kids if you feel like it, mow down that forest because you'd rather have something built there, divert that river because it's in your way - a trail of selfish, self centred thinking. What's killing the earth is not a lack of a Tesla on every driveway, it's the mining and manufacturing and polluting that go into making everything that we consume and dispose of on a regular basis, including vehicles. If humanity is going to survive, a complete paradigm shift is required to conserve resources, limit growth, and end our culture of disposable consumption.