The CORE

Hey, so me and my partner Greg were working on the core (heart) of the film today. This was the first draft I put together.

What do you think?

We're trying to find a way to make the film digestable for people... give them an entry point if you will. The topic is huge and the word itself is loaded with meanings for people.

How do we make it accessable?

Adam

The CORE


One sunny autumn day around the turn of the century, I realized that there was something seriously wrong with the world I had been raised to believe in. As a child of the 1980’s, my world had been one of peace, happiness and consumption. The highlight of my young life was the appearance one Christmas morning of my first Nintendo. Inspired by the television character Alex P. Keaton, I began to dream of climbing the corporate ladder and making my first million. That warm day in September found me three years into a business degree and well on my way to meeting those goals.

When the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsed my reality crumbled with them. In the world I lived in, in which I would make my millions and live happily ever after, such things were simply not possible. As my whole world was turned upside down I made a 180-degree turn. I vowed that I would spend the rest of life trying to make the world a better place.

The next day, as I started on my quest, I found out this was easier said then done. It turned out that the environment was on the brink of collapse, cultures and traditions the world over were being digested by a global culture of consumption, some German man had declared God was dead, and that the US of A, the worlds strongest economy was 8 trillion dollars in debt. On top of all this, it dawned on me that what I was learning about in business school everyday, the success and growth of capitalism, might be at the root of all our problems. Basically, everything was WAY more complex then I had thought it was. The following years have only brought more questions….

If I am going to fulfill my promise and make the world a better place I need some clarity before I can move forward.

Firstly, I need to know exactly what Capitalism is. Where does it come from and what it is today? Who was this Adam Smith guy and what did he imagine the world would become? Then I need to understand how our system is “broken” and who is working to “fix” it? Finally, what do we do if capitalism is somehow fundamentally flawed? Broken beyond repair?

My thinking is this. If capitalism is “fixable” I will continue to work on its repair. If not, if it is doomed, I will switch my efforts to building its replacement.

I need to get my direction straight before I march forward. You are invited to come along with me on this journey, this search for answers.

A grand safari into the complex jungle that is our modern world!