For many of us, jane goodall She’s one of those cultural figures that seems to have always existed, and on some level made us feel like maybe she always will. But, of course, no human being lives forever, no matter how widely admired. Goodall passed away on his own last fall at the age of 91 while on a lecture tour in the United States. Just two days later, she appeared as a guest on the Netflix premiere. famous last wordsa program consisting of interviews conducted specifically to be broadcast only after the interviewee’s death. in top clipthe show’s host, television writer/director/producer Brad Falchuk, asks her a deceptively simple question. “Who do you think you were?”
Goodall describes himself as “someone who was sent into this world to give people hope in dark times. Without hope, we fall into apathy and can’t do anything. And in the dark times we live in right now, if people don’t have hope, we will be destroyed. How do you bring small children into this dark world that we have created?” So let’s fight to the end, even if this is the end of humanity as we know it. Children know that if we come together, there is hope. It’s better to keep fighting until the end, even when things get impossible for everyone. This is a nice quote, but some may be surprised that it doesn’t mention chimpanzees at all.
Goodall became famous as a primatologist, particularly as an expert on chimpanzees, but in his later decades he devoted much of his energy to taking action for broader causes. These included the preservation of the environment and the safety of life itself on Earth, which she considered to be endangered by the actions of certain governments and political actors. When Falchuk asked her who she disliked, she replied: expresses her desire to be sent into space forever Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and “some of his true supporters,” Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Benjamin Netanyahu, and “his far-right government.” When you hear that answer, you might wonder whether the resulting power vacuum will be filled by more or less palatable characters. Throughout the interview, we’ll probably be left with another, more troubling question. Who today would be suitable to take over the position in public life left behind by Jane Goodall?
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