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DESCRIPTION:Film evenings begin with potluck refreshments and social hour at  6:30 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the 
 film.\n\nTHE AGE OF STUPID\nby Fanny Armstrong\n\nAlthough the perspective 
 is set from the future like a science fiction film, the stories in this 
 film are really about the world of today, about the choices we are making 
 right now that will affect our children. Plenty of dramatic events have 
 been going on in the last ten years.  Katrina was a huge warning of 
 what’s happening when climate goes berserk.  Ocean temperatures rising 
 produce more and more intense hurricanes.  The war in Iraq was actually a 
 “resource war.”  Alan Greenspan said this and is quoted in this movie:  
 the Iraq war was all about oil.  The U.S. and in broader terms the whole 
 western civilization is built on (cheap) oil.  It provides cars and planes 
 with fuel, it even produces “food” (be it full of pesticides and with 
 few nutrients).  The big problem is that oil corrupted governments, and 
 they do absolutely nothing to stop the way our “civilization” is built. 
  Humankind is committing suicide.  We are definitively not homo 
 “sapiens.”  We have created the age of stupid.  Although 99% of 
 scientists say climate change is real, 60 % of the people think that if 
 they ignore climate change enough, it won’t happen.  We really face 
 suicide.\n\nThis interesting movie gives an honest treatment of the 
 complexity of the issues surrounding action on climate change.  It 
 acknowledges that it isn’t as easy as simply turning off the “carbon 
 tap.”  The aspirations of billions for a middle class life, the 
 entrepreneurial spirit, the contradictions between what we need to do for a 
 living and what we believe, and even the simple unwillingness of many to 
 accept aesthetic inconveniences (even while expressing concern over the 
 climate) are all featured, providing an interesting human face and 
 counterpoint to the growing body of scientific evidence and urgency for 
 action.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/12/18684527.php
SUMMARY:The Age of Stupid
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/12/18684527.php
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