"What a way to go. Life at the End of Empire". Full video

[amerikat]

in 10 minute segments. Worth watching at least 3 times.
http://vimeo.com/channels/166488/page:3

[RKP5637]

1. If any planet ever needed intergalactic intervention, this place is it, because

I seriously don't think we're going to make it on our own. IMO it just gets worse and worse. Maybe that's a pessimistic view, but I tend to be a realist.

Thanks for posting this, very riveting and revealing. Makes one wonder WTF are we trying to do.

[TomClash]

2. If I didn't know better I would say

Makes certain the endtimes arrive sooner?

[RKP5637]

4. Sometimes I wonder, I really really do. ... bringing on the

rapture or something.

[amerikat]

3. If Kirk and Spock showed up I'd have no problem with that.

But they won't. It's up to us. We have to do it ourselves.

[RKP5637]

5. Yep, I think Kirk and Spock passed us by ... Spock saying, no

intelligent life down there. Full warp speed ahead, outta here ...

[jannyk]

6. Thank You!

[greyl]

7. The director speaks:

Timothy Scott Bennett director of the film What A Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire and author of the novel All of The Above shares his thoughts on the works of Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael, The Story of B, Beyond Civilization and other novels.

This talk was created for and recorded at the 2011 International Conference on Sustainability, Transition and Culture Change: Vision, Action and Leadership; organized by Local Future, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt educational non-profit organization; and directed by Aaron Wissner.

[amerikat]

8. Thank You.

Nice to have some background on the film.