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Here in under 4 minutes John Green reviews how much has been made achieved toward an ambitious set of goals created by the United Nations 15 years ago and finds that on most of them the world has made a … Continue reading
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I’m normally a fan of Hank and John Green’s YouTube empire. Granted, their Mental Floss channel occasionally gets things wrong or at least wrong enough that one can reasonably complain about it, but rarely do they commit an error of … Continue reading
Here’s yet another John Green clip I found entertaining (though I’m old fashioned enough that it annoys me that he says “lay” when he means “lie”), this time revealing some interesting facts about that under-appreciated noble animal, the pig. Link: … Continue reading
Yet another clip from John Green, this one referencing the 2014 annual letter from the Gates Foundation exploding some myths about developing countries. Interesting stuff, delivered in Green’s usual enthusiastic style and in under four minutes: Link: http://youtu.be/K8UlTygCYjo One of … Continue reading
Yesterday’s intelligent rant from John Green reminded me of a worry I’ve heard voiced a number of times recently, namely, that the Affordable Care Act will cost jobs by requiring most larger businesses — those with 50+ employees — to … Continue reading
John Green (the guy in those history videos I link to most Sundays) has the clearest and most succinct and accurate explanation of high health care costs in the U.S. The short answer is that there are a combination of … Continue reading
At the start of last week the latest report from the Social Security Trustees (link) was released, leading to predictable but misleading warnings that the system was going to “run dry.” For example, the headline on this article from the … Continue reading
There is a sense in which you can’t be too skeptical. Even when people tell the truth to the best of their knowledge, they might still be mistaken. People also tell deliberate lies. No source of information is completely reliable, … Continue reading
The film begins with David Hartman, playing an expert on Nordic history and archaeology, summoned to the home of a wealthy British industrialist (Donald Sinden). It seems Sinden’s estranged son had gone missing in the Arctic but some evidence has … Continue reading
An article on the Vox website (link) argues that in many ways the world is getting better, vastly so in comparison with 200 years ago. For example: In 1820 about 90 percent of the world population lived in what we … Continue reading