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A Life On Our Planet (David Attenborough) - Documentary Review
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How bad is climate change really? In this bonus episode Juan and Kyrin go over their thoughts of the recent David Attenborough documentary. This starts with a summary of the doco, before leading onto the parts they liked/disliked as well as the thought provoking questions that were raised. These included discussion points on: providing actionable advice and an uplifting ending, personal accountability and gratitude, humans propensity to hate change of any sort, animal extinction perhaps not always being a negative, the value of animal lives and whether nuclear energy should be considered when compared to renewable sources. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Overview of the doco
2:42 - The parts we liked: cinematography, young David, uplifting ending
9:20 - The parts we disliked: personal accountability
15:11 - Gratitude and judging past humans
19:04 - Valuing animal lives
21:44 - Finite and infinite games
24:28 - Is nuclear energy better than wind or solar
33:25 - Summary of our viewing experience
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