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How We Trick Ourselves & Others Into Solving the Wrong Problems
Ian Mittroff
24 Feb. 2010
58:50
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HISTORICAL
SCIENTIFIC
AESTHETIC
PEOPLE
INFORMATIVE
TECHNOLOGY
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| Title | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| San Francisco in 1905 (the year of E = mc2 ) | 1905 | 07:03 | excellent soundtrack (La Femme D’argent by Air) |
| The energy conundrum: lessons fom the Apollo Program | 2009 | 07:44 | a slide show to inspire confidence in our energy future |
| Faces of America | 2010 | 03:39 | This is the trailer for a 2010 PBS documentary. |
| Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money | 2009 | 4x 1hr | a history of modern finance and financial crises |
| Gene Kranz Oral History, Part I | 2009 | 91:07 | NASA Flight Director (1965 – 1994) |
| Gene Kranz Oral History, Part II | 2009 | 81:32 | Eugene F. Kranz (Wikipedia) |
| Title | Speaker | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| A New Way to Explain Explanation | David Deutsch | 2009 | 16:39 | on our special relationship with the laws of physics |
| Nature Conformable to Herself | Murray Gell-Mann | 2007 | 16:05 | Physics Nobel Laureate on beauty & truth in physics |
| Powers of Ten | N/A | 1977 | 19:19 | Wikipedia reference |
| Doubt and Uncertainty | Richard Feynman | 1981 | 04:49 | Feynman’s Douglas Robb Memorial Talks. |
| Thrill of Discovery | Lightman & Davies | 2008 | 10:00 | WNYC RADIOLAB |
| Dangerous Knowledge | David Malone | 2007 | 89:01 | BBC Documentary |
| Title | Music | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| Kuroshio Sea Aquarium Tank | Barcelona | 2009 | 04:34 |
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, the world’s second largest tank: 7.5 million liters (2 million gallons) |
| Small Life in Saxon Switzerland | Rocky Votolato | 2009 | 02:57 |
Zeitraffer tilt shift time lapse film in Saxon Switzerland, Germany |
| Jen Stark’s paper sculptures | N/A | 2010 | 06:33 | the amazing paper sculptures of Jen Stark |
| The Geometry of Time | Michael J. Stewart | 2008 | 03:36 | a modern minimalist classical piano piece |
| Title | Speaker | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| Just three stories from my life | Steve Jobs | 2005 | 15:05 | “Stay hungy; stay foolish.” |
| Security | Eve Ensler | 2005 | 13:49 | The Vagina Monologues and v-day |
| Free solo climbing | … | 2009 | 09:32 | controlling fear and risk while pushing human limits |
| Ski to Live | Kristen Ulmer | 2008 | 07:42 |
“I don’t think you actually learn from experience; I think you learn from reflecting on the experience.” |
| Aerobatics | N/A | 2005 | 04:33 | Aerobatic pilot Jamail Larkins encourages teens to follow their passions in aviation and space. |
| Pioneering Spirit | Bertrand Piccard | 2009 | 17:47 | circumnavigating the globe as a metaphor for life |
| Nurturing Creativity | Elizabeth Gilbert | 2009 | 19:32 | about having a genius versus being a genius |
| Born to play the piano | N/A | 2009 | 04:20 | piano prodigy Emily Bear |
| A prodigious savant | N/A | 2004 | 47:32 | Daniel Tammet feels that numbers are his friends… |
| A world class perfomance | N/A | 2009 | 04:57 | Youth dance group Diversity on Britain’s got T☆lent |
| Jeff & Erin’s EPIC Wedding | N/A | 2010 | 04:10 |
Jeffrey Wong and Erin Martin created this awesome ‘movie trailer’ as their “save the date” notice. |
| Title | Speaker | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| Restavek | N/A | 2008 | 02:56 | the systemic “culture” of child slavery in Haiti |
| 24 Hours of Air Traffic | N/A | 2009 | 01:12 | shows sunlight and air traffic at 1200× speed |
| Did You Know? 3.0 | N/A | 2008 | 04:56 | statistics about the past, present and future |
| Did You Know? 4.0 | N/A | 2009 | 04:18 | statistics about modern media |
| Motivation | Daniel Pink | 2010 | 10:48 | Learn the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. ( theRSA.org ) |
| What’s the worst that can happen? | Greg Craven | 2009 | 09:33 | global climate change decision matrix |
| The best stats you’ve ever seen | Hans Rosling | 2006 | 20:36 | a stunning presentation of developing world statistics |
| The Story of Stuff | Annie Leonard | 2009 | 21:16 |
“Have you ever wondered where all the stuff we buy comes from and where it goes when we throw it out?” |
| The Story of Cap and Trade | Annie Leonard | 2009 | 09:56 |
“In fact, the leading solution [to climate change] … is actually a huge problem.” |
| Oshkosh | N/A | 2009 | 17:32 | EAA — The Spirit of Aviation |
| Title | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| ICON A5 Amphibious Portable Plane | 2009 | 02:26 | This stunning new personal aircraft design may be shipping as soon as fall 2011. |
| Wireless Electricity | 2010 | N/A | WiTricity (company website) |
| Title | Speaker | Date | mm:ss | Notes |
| Y Ddraig Goch (the red dragon) | N/A | N/A | 02:06 | Historia Regum Britanniae |
| Lonely Boy Solves Problem | N/A | 2008 | 01:23 | This is among the most creative and heartwarming commercials I have ever seen. |
| Loving Older Brother | N/A | 2007 | 00:56 |
This is the most watched video on YouTube (~160 million views in <3 years). |
| The Rule of Law | Anthony Kennedy | 2006 | 27:35 | American Bar Association |
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“The thing I’m getting out of pushing my limits is that I turn impossible to possible. I turn something I haven’t done to something I’m doing. The possibilities of what we are capable of doing, if we believe in it, is the most compelling thing I can think of.” – Dean Potter |