The video is only 3 minutes long and because of way it's shot it feels more like an intellectual commercial than a real documentary. Though thought provoking the overly cliche shots of a guy paragliding and a ballerina dancing and all that seem more at home in an insurance commercial than a film about philosophy.
The main point is to determine how the self is defined- we consider ourselves to be unique and independent individuals separate from those around us. What are the qualities that grant us that classification? The film states that we are made of billions of tiny organisms that all operate independently of each other (though they serve a mutual function, or greater good, for the body, they all have individual agendas), thus are they not individuals as well? Or maybe we, as humans, are just parts of a larger whole- society, the Earth's ecosystem, etc?
Gave me a little bit to think about today.
It can be viewed here:
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