My girlfriend thought it was depressing to see that the same issues were around 30 years ago and (apparently) nothing much changes. I wonder. We’re not experiencing the kind of crisis which is on the mind of the average person yet, in the way that must have been the case at times in the 70s. In fact, apart from climate change, most of the alarming aspects of our current situation are hardly on people’s radar. (I’m thinking of impending resource scarcity, the interaction between population and rising consumer expectations globally, the new levels of precariousness in the international financial system, the unsustainability of agri-business – I’m sure you could add to the list.) But sooner or later some or all of these factors are going to collide in a way which does gets people’s attention. In many ways, this will probably be for the worse – but all the same, it will shake off our complacency and encourage us to ask difficult questions which we’ve been shirking…

Well, I didn’t really mean to have a rant. I just wanted to say thanks for pointing me towards the film! As you can see, it got me thinking.