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Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell (2013 – ...)

2013 • 13 seasons • Animation, Documentary • TV-G
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Season 8

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell · S8E5 — Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP

May 10, 2020 · 12 min

Synopsis

You exist now on a precarious threshold, poised between existence and oblivion. You may not consciously perceive it, but within you, an astonishing flurry of activity persists, an unending process. Imagine yourself as a slinky descending an upward-moving escalator – the descent mirrors the self-replicating processes within your cells, while the escalator embodies the relentless laws of physics propelling you forward. To be alive is to be in constant motion, yet perpetually unarriving. Should you