The Depressing Truth About Earth and Humans

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"I feel wonder and I feel it's fun to talk about like what's at the edge of space," he says. "It could be to me, I guess the little inkling of a thing that is depressing... If all there is is earth and humans destroy it, then we're the coolest thing that the universe has ever created." He asks: "What if the challenge here is we've been put on as the most intellectually complex of these creatures?"

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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:09) – Amazon rainforest
(17:24) – Discovery of the Amazon
(22:00) – Werner Herzog
(28:06) – Jane Goodall
(41:55) – Anacondas
(1:05:44) – Eaten Alive
(1:18:08) – Joe Rogan
(1:26:28) – Surviving in the Amazon
(1:53:39) – Uncontacted tribes in the Amazon
(2:03:34) – Surrounded by black caiman crocodiles
(2:21:11) – Graham Hancock and ancient civilizations
(2:26:43) – Aliens
(2:56:44) – Climate change
(3:01:55) – Jordan Peterson
(3:19:17) – Hunting
(3:26:33) – Ayahuasca
(3:35:00) – Meaning of life