The First Friday Film for May 4 at the Springfield UU will be "Surviving Progress." Free admission, popcorn and beverages. All welcome. Doors open at 6:45; film begins at 7 pm. About the film:
"Every time history repeats itself the price goes up."
Surviving Progress presents the story of human advancement as awe-inspiring and double-edged. It reveals the grave risk of running the 21st century's software — our know-how — on the ancient hardware of our primate brain which hasn't been upgraded in 50,000 years. With rich imagery and immersive soundtrack, filmmakers Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks launch us on journey to contemplate our evolution from cave-dwellers to space explorers.
Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, "A Short History Of Progress" inspired this film, reveals how civilizations are repeatedly destroyed by "progress traps" — alluring technologies serve immediate needs, but ransom the future. . . .
Includes commentary by Distinguished Professor of Environment Vaclav Smil, primatologist Jane Goodall, author Margaret Atwood, and activists from the Congo, Canada, and USA.
"Surviving Progress" leaves us with a challenge: To prove that making apes smarter was not an evolutionary dead-end. (excerpts from From http://survivingprogress.com )
NOTE: There are still a couple vendor spaces left for the 8th Annual Springfield May Festival on Sat, May 19, 9-3. Please contact JoAnn Gaffron-Hargrove, gaffron@vermontel.net for more information.
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