Is Surviving Progress sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Surviving Progress easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Surviving Progress end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Surviving Progress violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Surviving Progress scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Surviving Progress

Name: Surviving Progress
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Stephen Hawking, David Suzuki, Jane Goodall

Every time history repeats itself, the price goes up.

Directed by Harold Crooks, Mathieu Roy

Produced by Big Picture Media Corporation, ONF | NFB

201186 min7.4 / 10

A sobering, intellectually rigorous documentary that traces how technological and economic progress traps have destroyed past civilizations and now threaten global collapse.

Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, “A Short History Of Progress” inspired “Surviving Progress”, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by “progress traps”—alluring technologies and belief systems that serve immediate needs, but ransom the future. As pressure on the world’s resources accelerates and financial elites bankrupt nations, can our globally-entwined civilization escape a final, catastrophic progress trap? With potent images and illuminating insights from thinkers who have probed our genes, our brains, and our social behaviour, this requiem to progress-as-usual also poses a challenge: to prove that making apes smarter isn’t an evolutionary dead-end.

Questions people ask

Is Surviving Progress sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Is Surviving Progress easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does Surviving Progress end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Surviving Progress violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Surviving Progress scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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