"Zeitgeist - Moving Forward 2011"
Promotes the Gift Economy
Peter Joseph is the writer, director, producer, cinematographer, composer, editor and narrator of the Zeitgeist films. Quite a guy that Peter Joseph. A real one-man show. His video is an amazing piece of work and have been viewed by more than 16 million people so far, all around the world. His first Zeitgeist, released in 2007, was viewed online by more than 100 million in the first year. He followed up with "Zeitgeist: Addendum" in 2008 that had 50 million views in the first year. Both films brought Joseph awards.
His next step was to create the Zeitgeist Movement, now a half-million strong, that works to begin a transition of culture into a new sustainable economic paradigm and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is, in part, a media expression of the same focus. “The Zeitgeist Movement” is an extension of “The Venus Project”- an organization established by industrial designer - Jacque Fresco - who and which are also featured in the film.
In his videos he explains what's going on in the world in such a way that anyone can see it and understand it. He explains the reality of money and the economy in a way that should leave the uninitiated dumbfounded and perhaps even angry. And I love that he brings the viewer to the conclusion that a gift economy is far better than a money economy. He doesn't leave it at that however, about half way through he begins to explain his solution to the problem. That is where we begin to disagree. Apparently following Jacque Fresco he believes that science can solve all the problems--and they present some interesting ideas of how science could solve these problems even today...only if...and that is the part that needs some help.
If you haven't seen the video here it is, 108 minutes of it. See what you think of it. I will discuss my caveats in a future post.
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