Links
The internet is big, here are some of my favourite things.
Videos
- Justice by Michael Sandel
- The Sagan Series
- The Feynman Series
- Cosmos
- Infinity – Dangerous Knowledge
- Rome
- I, Claudius
- Baraka
- Lots of philosophy videos
Books
- Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
- Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky
- From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
- Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Champlain’s Dream by David Hackett Fischer
Shorter Reading
- Longform.org 2010 2011
- Lapham’s Quarterly
- Monde diplomatique
- McSweeney’s
- Discours sur la servitude en français moderne – Henrie de la Boétie (1549!)
TED
- Benjamin Zander – on Passion
- Jill Bolte Taylor – on the right side of your brain
- Ken Robinson – on education
- Salman Kahn - on education
News