Maggie Doyne decided to take a gap year and do some voluntary work four years ago. That decision marked the beginning of an amazing journey which saw her volunteering with Nepali refugees, starting an... continue reading

posted by persephone 1 decade 3 years 9 months ago • 2,290 views • 24:24

New from Adam Curtis, director of the controversial documentaries "The Power of Nightmares", "The Trap," "It Felt Like a Kiss," and "Century of the Self," comes this latest series about how computers have... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 3,104 views • 1:00:00

If you love Mumford and Sons and their music then this should be really enjoyable for you, for anyone who loves music in fact, these guys are fronting a new generation and I hope it stays for a while longer yet! ... continue reading

posted by alien_concept 1 decade 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,613 views • 12:56

NSFW - language, drug use. *** Description: *** An unprecedented look into the underworld of Vancouver’s downtown east-side ghetto. This 65 minute documentary follows one man’s 30 day experiment... continue reading

posted by curiousity 1 decade 4 years 1 week ago • 1,218 views • 1:05:00

Stewart Lee - 'If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One'. The full show, buy his DVD.

posted by sepatown 1 decade 4 years 2 weeks ago • 997 views • 1:45:24

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational... continue reading

posted by jimnms 1 decade 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,389 views

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posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 decade 4 years 1 month ago • 22,846 views • 1:42:50

The 'Apology Line' is where members of the public can anonymously confess to absolutely anything, over the phone. Based on the original apology line project in New York, the apologies are uncomfortably... continue reading

posted by geo321 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,253 views • 10:25

Long, but won't feel long. And he's so right on the money.

posted by blankfist 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,546 views • 17:21

STORY RESTREPO is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, "Restrepo,"... continue reading

posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 3,469 views • 1:33:42

About the film "The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has... continue reading

posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 decade 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 725 views • 1:42:42

TED lecture: Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data

posted by marinara 1 decade 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,163 views • 16:34

from TED website: Neil Pasricha's blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life's simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt talk from TEDxToronto, he reveals the 3 secrets (all starting... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 2,371 views • 17:33

Finally some reporters who don't bow to the false "both sides" approach! Official description: "Canada's leading consumer ally takes a long hard look at the theories, and the remedies. For the first... continue reading

posted by Ornthoron 1 decade 4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 5,030 views • 22:30

Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.

posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 decade 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,185 views • 51:45

This is an incredibly smart, intimate, moving and well made account of one man's spiritual journey. It's lengthy, but well worth your time. This is one of the best things I've ever sifted.

posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 decade 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 3,485 views • 2:58:22

In times of crisis people seek strong leaders and simple solutions. But what if their solutions are identical to the mistakes that caused the very crisis? This is the story of the greatest economic crisis... continue reading

posted by sepatown 1 decade 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 2,449 views • 46:22

From Aljazeera "Pakistani men use little more than their bare hands to dismantle an abandoned oil tanker for scrap metal." Originally seen in the film Working Man's Death by Michael Glawogger

posted by vaporlock 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 2,636 views • 22:19

In the 1950s, Eisenhower issued a stern & cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex". Foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 8 years 2 months ago • 9,871 views • 1:38:31