I Am I Am is a documentary by Tom Shadyac the director of such comedy movies as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, Patch Adams, and many more. In 2007 he had a biking accident and suffered post-concussive syndrome or PCS. He was in very severe pain and even thought about killing himself to escape the agony he was enduring. Eventually the symptoms lessened and he began to feel better physically. But both spiritually and emotionally he still didn’t feel right. He began to realize that even with all of the success he had in the world of movies and all the money he had gained did not bring him happiness. He felt empty and wondered what was wrong with himself and more importantly the entire world. Why was the human race so concerned …show more content…
The main question he had for them was, ‘What was wrong with the world today?’ The first thing he learned was that people are taught that if you have more money or stuff that you will be happier. But the thing is that even with more money a lot of people are still unhappy and lonely. Wealth and the economy has become today’s dragon and treated like a living thing by Wall Street. People have been taught that greed is actually a good thing to have. But this is not the true nature of what makes us human. This needs to change or we can go extinct as a species. Humankinds’ basic nature is to cooperate or dominate, kingdom or democracy. The way of democracy is in nature, from deer to fish. The act of voting is a part of our DNA as is the feelings of sympathy. Us as people can feel the pain of others and are hard wired for compassion of others. We even enjoy seeing the happiness of …show more content…
It happened in the South with race. Even though things are not perfect, they are far better than they used to be. This change happened because people were concerned about the lives of others. What causes culture to change? What do we need to do to make it change? Greed is being taught that it is good, but never happens in nature. It only takes what it needs. Humans can and do take more than they need. That is when humans become a cancer. Gandhi believed love was a force, so did Martin Luther King, as did Jesus. If we could spread love the world would be a better place. If people started to do millions of small acts it would equal a world of