Surviving Progress – Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill)

Posted by kent Jun 07, 2012 | Movie: Surviving Progress
CAROL’s Take: “Surviving Progress” is a handsome, crisply edited documentary that argues powerfully against two notions. First is the belief that all progress is good. Second is the idea that any enterprise that creates jobs and generates profits is automatically a positive thing. These two widespread beliefs are dubbed “progress traps.” Practices associated with them lead to short term benefits, but eventually result in disaster because they are often unsustainable. Inspired by Ronald Wright’s book, “A Short History of Progress,” the movie notes that mankind once used Earth’s resources as if spending the interest from an...

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