Understanding the rise of China

Here is what I got:

Some Western assumptions show ignorance about China, which is explained because of recent Western dominance of the world which did not require to understand anyone.

  1. The biggest economy in the world will soon be a third world country.

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An economics talk

The speaker manages to combine Moses, Aristotle, alcohol and Tolkien in a single talk, which is also an economics talk. Even more impressively he makes the case for a place for morality in modern economics.

I am not sure how mainstream the ideas are, but it is easy to watch and provides food for thought. It is worth watching just for the use of a flip chart.

Idea

Another talk on happiness

One of the comments below the talk reads Happiness is not a goal, it is a driving force.

This is quite a good summary of the talk. It is also demonstrated by the speaker’s actions.

Idea

Animations of unseeable biology

These animations are very impressive. They show how the molecular machinery in each cell is thought to work.

They are brilliant because of their detail: you will probably see something new, with repeated viewings. They are also amazing because they are scientifically accurate and put in motion processes you may have only been reading about. So they are particularly revealing to a biologist.

Biology