"This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy." - Adam Curtis Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, changed... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 5,106 views

Former President Clinton's 'review' of Robert Wright's book, Non Zero.

posted by fissionchips 1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 4,098 views

"A Will Wright interview on Gamespot has that Mr Sims guy saying some clever stuff about Go, not having a degree, and amplifying imagination."

posted by Krupo 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 1,845 views

A dynamite TED talk with one of the best formal rhetorical presentations I've seen. From TED: Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation... continue reading

posted by eleavitt 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 1,932 views

The Stanford prison experiment is classic Psych 101 material. See how Dr. Zimbardo's results apply to the real world.

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,690 views

From http://blog.videosift.com/Fedquip *** Mike Gravel on Russia Today tv tells the interviewer that Bush is the worst president in American History. In other news the Warren T. Harding Presidential... continue reading

Harvard professor Dan Gilbert discusses why we are especially unsuited to respond to global warming. Update: jwray points out that the frog thing is a myth. As a metaphor it may not be true - but it... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 4,441 views

The video looks at basic forms of governments, from monarchy, oligarchy, democracy, republic and anarchy. Looking at why the Founding Fathers picked a republican structure for the United States.

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 3,255 views

Just this month CIA director Michael Hayden admitted that we've waterboarded three detainees. Former FBI interrogator Jack Cloonan debunks the three biggest myths about torture. From uploader: Former... continue reading

posted by CaptWillard 1 decade 7 years 2 weeks ago • 4,194 views

Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us. As he puts it, our bodies are made... continue reading

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 3,586 views

Barry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 8 years 2 weeks ago • 4,994 views • 20:22

Colleges regularly host a function where professor's come to give a lecture as if it were their last. Unfortunately, for Randy Pausch, this probably is his last lecture. He's dying of pancreatic cancer... continue reading

posted by theaceofclubz 1 decade 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 5,574 views • 10:10

3 TRILLION. Joseph Stiglitz was chief economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Before that he was the chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 7 years ago • 3,068 views

What a brilliant concept...Nonprofit recycles 'obsolete' computer equipment. Side effects: less waste, crossing the digital divide, social equality, skills transfer. A more comprehensive tour of the... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,710 views

Chris Anderson, the editor of WIRED, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right price, gaining market share, displacing an established technology and, finally, becoming ubiquitous.... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,732 views

Tom Magliozzi has a problem. The wacky cohost of NPR's Car Talk needs to replace his beloved 1952 MG roadster. But in today's car market, where should he turn? Is new technology about to transform the... continue reading

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 4,352 views

My fave quote is the one about telco's core competencies.

posted by winkler1 1 decade 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 952 views

Made by Avaaz.org (whose name means "Voice" or "Song" in several languages including Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, Nepalese, Dari, Turkish, and Bosnian). It's a terrific call for us all to get past the stereotypes,... continue reading

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 1,785 views

A classical social psychology experiment carried out by S. Asch. The power of conformity

posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 10,834 views • 4:10