The Runaway Brain

Canada, 1990

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Episode of Series “A Planet for the Taking”.
This programme asks the central question, can we begin to see ourselves not as dominant but as integral, as just one part of the complex pattern of matter and life. Host David Suzuki talks to some of the world’s greatest thinkers about whether science and technology can solve the problems they have created.

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Credits

producer/director

John Bassett

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1990

Appears in

A Planet for the Taking

Group of items

A Planet for the Taking

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ACMI Identifier

324357

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Human ecology

History → Science and civilization

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science and civilization

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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