Fifth Bussines/Carl Jung

             As I was watching Baraka a noticed a striking comparison to my favorite movie and book, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the novel it states: "Man had been re-made by his own tools." Man has come to depend on his tools so completely that he is a slave to them. Without his tools, Man would not have survived, four million years ago. Even today, Man needs tools to continue his existence - but those tools threaten to destroy Man as well. This is also the central themes of Baraka: is man stronger than his own tools (in this case possessions), or are they really the masters.
             Technology and globalization has extended human life spans and levels of comfort. But it also destroys thousands of remote cultures. The current trend today is that we should modernize non-western countries which will break down cultural barriers to produce a global society. But the loss of traditional cultures means loss of knowledge too. Many cultures have insight into nature that still defies modern science. It is arrogant to think that other cultures are inferior to ours and should therefore assimilate for the benefit of a global society. The scenes in Baraka that show the Buddhist monks and the African women dancing are there to amplify that you don't need money to find happiness. You can't find answers to your internal problems with a superior wardrobe or a fully-loaded SUV. Even the poverty-stricken people rummaging threw the garbage had smiles on there faces, it seemed like the landfill had a better sense of community than the well-fed high-paced citizens of New York. The Westerners seem to have been sucked into an existential vacuum, they are experiencing an emotional and a more important spiritual death which is shown by the lack of ethics and empathy. No one stops to think about the affects of their wasteful lifestyles and the problems it's causing, such as pollution and poverty. Poverty is probably the most importan...

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