The Choice Is Ours (2015) User Reviews

Brilliant example of broader view on society and solutions towards sustainable future. Maybe ahead of our time, but based on scientific facts.

[ugowsky · 10/10 · 3 February 2016]

Given that it is a low-budget film that has not been made in a large Hollywood studio, the movie is extremely sophisticated and well made. The story talks about the present state of our social system, the destruction of our planet and the fundamental causes for aberrant behavior in today's society. A resource-based economy - social system, presented in the film as a sustainable model for the new millennium, is an interesting new paradigm, definitely worth taking into account when searching for global solutions. The film also highlights the areas that we pay too little attention, but are key to understanding the current situation in the world. Especially impressive is the attention that is given to perhaps the most difficult but also the most important area - the nature of human behavior. Taking into account the scientific advances in this field, the film presents a vision of social engineering aimed at understanding and addressing the root causes of negative behavior in society.

Excellent editing, great interviews, daring ideas, workable plan ... Why are there not more of such films today?

long ad for this one guy's portfolio

[camilagorila · 4/10 · 14 July 2019]

It's a 2 hour video that spends 1:50 talking about present problems in the most 'overhead' way possible, and then 10 minutes talking about the actual proposals. No suggestions on how to transform current polices to that post-scarcity, post-borders, fully-automated, world. No consideration of different manifestations according to culture. No mention of existing projects and policies that aims towards the problems stated. They do mention some interesting ideas, such as:

-Behavioral science combined with AI and rigorous testing applied to world problems (as opposed to being a tool to make people buy more stuff) -Creating canals through the deserts to foster growth in them, and to lower sea levels. -Experimental University-City. Expanding research hubs to be 'testing grounds' for new tech. Basically experimental towns with a focus on automation (might already exist?)

Note again though, these are all mentioned in passing. The rest is about showing off the architecture and urban planning designs of this one guy. His style is all-right, nothing you haven't seen before in neo-futurist or fibre-glass futurist works from the 70s and 80s. The circular urban plan is 1200 years old, and today everyone talks about 'cellular cities as well.

The whole thing came off as cultish to me, to be honest. Quite disappointed.