Here's a fantastic live version.... http://videosift.com/video/Edward-Sharpe-and-the-Magnetic-Zeros-live-on-Letterman

posted by geo321 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,464 views • 5:07

Long, but quite worth the time invested. Just watch the first 5 minutes, and you'll be hooked. From the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas 2011 in Sydney, Australia

posted by NetRunner 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 2,439 views • 1:01:51

YouTube Description: How to build your own Natural Swimming Pool. A swimming pool that has clear water without using chemicals. These pools rely entirely on the plants and animals to condition the water.... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 4,590 views • 4:14

With Don Edwards' song "Coyotes", heard at the end of the film 'Grizzly Man'.

posted by calvados 1 year 5 months ago • 1,016 views • 4:26

YouTube Description: Ever wanted something in a timely fashion? Don't bother with this guy.

posted by ZappaDanMan 1 year 5 months ago • 4,306 views • 37 secs

We live in the era of the ascendancy of the corporation. Endowed with the rights of man and none of the responsibilities, they have proved corrosive to human values. Mike Daisey argues that working inside... continue reading

posted by geo321 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 4,544 views • 1:01:50

Some of my favorite modern thinkers, all on the stage together hashing it out. Amazing stuff here! As a man of Computer Science, Gregory Chaitin has been an overwhelming influence on my own thoughts... continue reading

posted by GeeSussFreeK 1 year 7 months ago • 885 views • 14:46

A very brief outline of Schopenhauer and his contributions to modern thought; both in philosophy, and the people of science he greatly influenced.

posted by GeeSussFreeK 1 year 7 months ago • 461 views • 9:45

"Meet Blue Jay, probably the greatest talent to come along in 200 years. At age 12, he has already written 5 full length symphonies." - YouTube

posted by Hybrid 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 5,559 views • 9:22

[yt] Recorded at the Union Chapel, Islington, London. With: Ravi Shankar - sitar Anoushka Shankar - sitar Bikram Ghosh - tabla Tanmoy Bose - tabla Kenji Ota - tanpura Alan Kozlowski - tanpura

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago • 905 views • 53:57

"Democracy Now" host Amy Goodman and award-winning journalist Chris Hedges appeared on Tuesday's "Charlie Rose" to discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement. Goodman: "it is catching on like wildfire.... continue reading

posted by geo321 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,556 views • 25:36

TED: We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.

posted by littledragon_79 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,436 views • 16:55

back again!

posted by shagen454 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,688 views • 1:13:48

A U.C. Berkeley Graduate Council Lecture in 2007. Warren outlines a convincing case for the ongoing destruction of the middle class. SOCIETY!

posted by Peroxide 1 year 9 months ago • 1,614 views • 57:38

Translation of Italian: "It is not an exaggeration to say that the future of modern society and the stability of its inner life depend in large part on the maintenance of an equilibrium between the... continue reading

posted by Boise_Lib 1 year 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,002 views • 30 secs

Thanks, radx, for the video. From Wiki: Guédelon Castle is a medieval construction project located in Treigny, France. The object of the project is to build a castle using only the techniques and materials... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 year 9 months 4 weeks ago • 1,230 views • 7:52

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, akaThe Elvis of cultural theory, is given the floor to show of his polemic style and whirlwind-like performance. The Giant of Ljubljana is bombarded with clips of popular... continue reading

posted by ZappaDanMan 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 1,861 views • 50:11

Actor and comedian Russell Brand had an interesting piece on the UK riots in The Guardian titled 'Big Brother Isn't Watching You". Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss. See original article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/11/london-riots-davidcameron

posted by Skeeve 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 4,525 views • 4:11