Absolutely right on all counts. Way to go, Morgan Freeman!
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Stephen Fry shares some brilliant thoughts on those annoying language purists / grammar nazis.
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As many of you have seen, Jimmy McMillan is the moustachieod candidate for New York Governor, running on the “Rent is Too Damn High Party” ticket. Here’s a bit of Sunday night’s debate.
Last night on YNN’s “Capital News Tonight”, the chairman of the powerful and influential American Moustache Institute announced its endorsement of Jimmy McMillan. Good stuff.
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This is brilliant. I can’t believe how much of our lives are wasted waiting at traffic stops.
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Each word leads into the next. A stunning film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany NPR / Radiolab’s “Words” episode.
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I found this video poem by Andrea Dorfman to be really beautiful. I hope you enjoy it.
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This was interesting, but I also found it super creepy because of the computerized voices they used.
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Good Fortune, a documentary by my good friend Jeremy Levine and his partner, Landon Van Soest, both alumni of my alma mater Ithaca College, aired last night on POV on PBS. It is a sad and brilliant piece, and from today until October 12, 2010, the film is available to watch for free, in full, on the PBS website. I truly encourage you to watch Jeremy and Landon’s film. Below is the synopsis. The trailer follows.
Good Fortune is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. In Kenyas rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by an American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multimillion-dollar rice farm. Across the country in Nairobi, Silva’s home and business in Africa’s largest shantytown are being demolished as part of a U.N. slum-upgrading project. The gripping stories of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development present a unique opportunity see foreign aid through eyes of the people it is intended to help.
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“An unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life … and how it could probably end.” Absolutely brilliant wall-painting stop motion animation by BLU. This will blow your mind… (Thanks, Charles!)
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The first video is a brilliant chimp solving a simple problem that most humans could figure out in a matter of minutes. The second video is Neil Degrasse Tyson speaking on the relative intelligences of chimps vs. humans vs. … higher beings.
Watch these two clips back-to-back. It will blow your f’n mind.
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We are just a bunch of monkeys. This great video from a few years back (2006!) really knocks humanity down a few pegs. And this guy is dead accurate. Must watch.
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Dan Pink’s talk about what actually motivates us, with an awesome real-time animation / drawing. Interesting findings.
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A 9-minute beat poem by Tim Minchin (with rolling text) is a brilliant & witty demolition of irrationality in all its many guises.
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This is moving. Thank you, Carl Sagan.
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One of the few intelligent daytime talkshows ever recorded.
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