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This wonderful movie helped me to realize that Nature is the most perfect technology. all we have been doing is creating technology to make nature more user friendly to our species. The problem with this, is that we create technology that does not mesh with nature, and instead struggles against it. In order to create more perfect technologies, we have to continue to look at nature for inspiration. This will help the record of our society last longer, (a good ex. is the longevity of ancient stone dwellings), but in the end, nature, the pure technology will always come out on top. Most of our technology is static, it cannot evolve itself, so it will be reclaimed by the earth eventually. The human race is more persistent than the flawed technology we create, because we are constantly changing throughout our lives, (personality,intelligence, physicality) without change we would not exist. If we move against change, we will only do harm to ourselves, and ensure the destruction of our society.

There is a quote in the movie that many reviewers sadly did not get. (after all, they just want to be entertained, and not be provoked into deep thought)

“all energy is borrowed and some day you have to give it back”

This was seen by some as some kind of tree hugging hippie crap.

It is only just a simple truth though, and is explained well throughout the movie.

A creature eats to gain "energy" to survive and persist. this is his purpose.
eventually the creature will return to the earth, and the "energy" leftover from that creature will go to fuel the growth of more life, and the cycle will continue.

energy can be defined as many things to people. to most people it seems to be thought of as some kind of force that cannot be seen. To me it is simply the chemical changes that manifest themselves in a physical being, through many levels of bodily input, from eating, to drinking, to the air that we breath.

People seem to be afraid of a world that man does not control. But if you sit back and watch, you can see that the world moves in it's own perfect balance. We need not control it, but simply protect it, and enjoy it!