Shouting Fire

An exceptional documentary about free speech.  Definitely informative, timely and captivating...

Watch full documentary here...

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/shouting-fire-stories-from-the-edge-of-free-speech/

A History of Violence

What may be the most important thing that has ever happened in human history is that violence has gone down, by dramatic degrees, and in many dimensions all over the world and in many spheres of behavior: genocide, war, human sacrifice, torture, slavery, and the treatment of racial minorities, women, children, and animals.

Harvard Psychologist Steven Pinker (You may know him from his TED talks) lectures on an interesting phenomenon obviously missed by all the police reality shows and sensationalized news stations...

 

READ MORE OR WATCH THE ENTIRE LECTURE HERE....

http://edge.org/conversation/mc2011-history-violence-pinker

Five kinds of Tribes that Humans Naturally Form

Thanks goes to my buddy Jesse, for sharing this TED Talk... A 16-minute power lecture by Dr. David Logan, who talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form, and how by understanding them, we can become better individuals, Enjoy! 

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html

Why You Can't Work at Work

With its constant commotion, unnecessary meetings, and infuriating wastes of time, the modern workplace makes us all work longer, less focused hours. Jason Fried explains how we can change all of this.

Excerpt from video:

Question: What is your take on the typical workplace?

Jason Fried: Yeah, my feeling is that the modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized for interruptions. And interruptions are the enemy of work. They are the enemy of productivity, they are the enemy of creativity, they are the enemy of everything. But that’s what the modern workplace is all about, it’s interruptions. Everyone’s calling meetings all the time, everyone’s screaming people’s names across the thing, there’s phones ringing all the time. People are walking around. It’s all about interruptions. And people go to work today, and then they end up doing most of their real work after work, or on the weekends. So...

Read and watch more here:


http://bigthink.com/ideas/18522

Schools Kill Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Watch more of Ken Robinson's talks here...

http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/watch

Elizabeth Gilbert on Nurturing Creativity

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.


http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

Why are we happy?

Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html