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Watched #DontLookUp #dontlookupnetflix. #spoilers #SpoilerAlert @dontlookupfilm

It's an awfully poignant & sad allegory for how humanity & #neoliberalism is failing to address both chronic problems like #poverty & #publichealth & existential threats to humanity such as #nuclearweapons, #ClimateCrisis, #biodiversity loss & even approaching asteroids.

The best line is towards the end when @LeoDiCaprio's character, his family & the two scientists who attempted to warn humanity are eating their final dinner together & they are bantering about relatively mundane things like store-bought vs homemade cake & brewing coffee.

Dr. Mindy, Leonardo's character, stops in almost mid-sentence as the shaking from the impact of the asteroid begins to rock the house and says, "We just didn't know how good we had it."

I urge you to think about yourself having a disability which prevents you from leaving your home & taking a walk. What amount of money would you accept as compensation for that? Isn't it amazing that of all the planets @NASA has identified, this is the only one where you can

enjoy such a priceless yet, if we actually cared about each other, easily available activity to all? What good does it do you to consume when your grandchildren, if they're alive, may need some kind of special equipment to enjoy this same activity that we take for granted?

It was beautiful that the film shouted out to the sage #CarlSagan #palebluedot.
تحية للحكيم #كارل_ساغان #النطفة_الزرقاء_الباهتة

Another great line is when Cate Blanchett, who plays a vacuous morning news show host, is spending humanity's last moments at a bar with her co-host. They had failed to use their platform to inform the public of the dangers #science had foretold. When her co-host suggest some

ways they can spend the little time they have left, she says, "No, I'd rather continue drinking & talking shit about people." #supportindependentmedia

Another great portion of the film is how a celebrity concert was organized to do something (raise awareness?) about the asteroid. Listen to @CitationsPod's episode on citationsneeded.medium.com/episode-146-bi… featuring @adamjohnsonNYC & @WideAsleepNima

I hope people are paying attention to the Bill Gates/Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos/Steve Jobs character Peter Isherwell, played by Mark Rylance. It makes me want to finish my current to-read list & get to my copy of @RalphNader's "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us." worldcat.org/oclc/1014246067

I also liked how the film interspersed human acting scenes with documentary film footage of plants & animals. Are we really ready to risk this miraculous biosphere? If you don't care about humans, at least think of the other creatures on this planet.

Shoutout to @davidsirota, the writer. Is a book or graphic novel coming out? It'd be well worth it.

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