Renewables require change in the energy supply chain. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Electricity is incredibly difficult to store, so grid operators have to generate it at the exact moment it is demanded. In order to do this, they create incredibly accurate models of the total electric loads, that is […]
Don’t Act. Just Think. New videos weekly: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think+ for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- Philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek has a bone to pick with the PC movement. While he doesn’t buy into the right-wing paranoid view that the politically correct […]
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Politics and Economics Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Engagement with the the fundamentals of political philosophy is an essential step toward being able to think critically about the power structures in place […]
Charles Murray: Are You a Snob? Take the Test. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Charles Mrray designed this quiz to have a salutary effect on bringing to people’s attention the degree to which they live in a bubble […]
Edward Frenkel: Let’s Stop Hating Math Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Mathematician Edward Frenkel knows why so many people hate mathematics. It’s simple really: the way math is taught is so draconian and ineffective that students can’t help […]
Instant ramen noodles have become like cash among inmates in the US. Become a member of the Vox Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Cash is illegal in prisons. And that means everything from tuna to stamps to cigarettes have their own unique value in a trade and […]
Bitcoin 101, with Daniel Altman Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Economist Daniel Altman explains the decentralized virtual currency Bitcoin. ———————————————————————————- DANIEL ALTMAN: Daniel Altman is Big Think’s Chief Economist and an adjunct faculty member at New York University’s […]
The Arctic might soon become completely ice-free. And when all of the ice is gone, the world won’t be the same. And while politics seems to keep failing to reach a consensus on how to act, the only way to save the ice may be to intervene directly. We look […]
Here’s some books from my reading list on philosophy, economics, terrorism, feminism, and trans rights! Full list below the fold. Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube That thing I wrote on Paul Mason’s ‘Postcapitalism’ https://storify.com/PhilosophyTube/theorytime-paul-mason-s-postcapitalism Two things I wrote on Sherene Razack’s ‘Casting Out’ https://storify.com/PhilosophyTube/sherene-razack-on-patriarchy-and-islam https://storify.com/PhilosophyTube/david-cameron-and-muslim-women-in-veils Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/PhilosophyTube FAQ: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTube/posts/460163027465168 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTube?ref=hl […]
Why Bitcoin is Better Than Gold, with Wences Casares Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Xapo CEO and founder Wences Casares explains why, after a 5,000 year reign, gold has been surpassed by bitcoin as the ideal ledger. ———————————————————————————- […]
