Trust me, this video (made by Banksy) is worth a-minute-and-a-half of your time. Watching it reminds us of what really happens “behind the scenes” of mainstream media and cheap products. Living on credit, as I like to call it…
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This reminds me of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, when the professor exclaims in exasperation before his farewell, “Do something!”
This video just hit me right over the head. I had a sudden urge to get on the plane and join this man!
Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities … But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence.html
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity – instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn’t have to cost the Earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.