The Story of Stuff www.storyofstuff.com will take you on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture — from resource extraction to iPod incineration — exposing the real costs of our use-it and lose-it approach to stuff. The movie is just the beginning of the story. Watch it, learn more and ...
this was supposed 2 b free... so i'm making it just that. :D
www.ted.com At TEDxSydney, Rachel Botsman says we're "wired to share" -- and shows how websites like Zipcar and Swaptree are changing the rules of human behavior.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and do...
Connecting the dots between the components in our insane system.
In this talk economist Chandran Nair argues that the Western model of consumption-led economic growth cannot be replicated in Asia with global resources under increased pressure. Listen to the full audio: www.thersa.org
Rachel Botsman is the co-author of "What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption" (Harper Collins, September 2010). Here, with a dazzlingly graphic display, she presents a compelling case for 21st Century sharing. ------------------- TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinkin...
Zeitgeist Clips Series Ep 2 - Cyclical Consumption Download Link: mediafire.com/?jdtvyiuymlu Producer/animation: Darr Additional Credits: Peter Joseph
Students, get a full week of this at a summer seminar: lrnlbty.co From the IHS Vault: How well-off are we? Using economic data, economics professor Steve Horwitz addresses questions about inequality, consumption, happiness, and well-being. Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? ...
Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco, explores how and why to reduce sugar consumption. Series: "UCSF Center for Obesity, Assessment, Study and Treatment" [7/2011] [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID:...
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We are at the start of the Big Shift away from the 20th century defined by hyper-consumption towards the 21st century, an age of Collaborative Consumption. But just how LARGE and FAR-REACHING is this groundswell? www.collaborativeconsumption.com
Social innovator Rachel Botsman charts the growth of a movement that is transforming the way we consume and contribute.
The difference between investment and consumption.
... I stand corrected -- Honk Kong first imposed an income tax in 1947. It has a top rate of 16%, a high personal exemption, and capital gains, dividends, and interest income are not taxed! Certainly not as good as no income tax at all, but a much better system then the one we have here! also che...
Louis CK perfectly describes why I continue to eat meat.
Linus goes through all of the stages of upgrading a very basic PC to an extreme gaming rig and shows how much power it pulls from the wall after each upgrade
