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YouTubeAztec and Mayan are totally different languages. Sort of.
Ancient Mexico was a hotbed of language mixing. Aztecs and Maya spoke completely unrelated languages, but a Mesoamerican linguistic mindmeld tied them together in surprising ways. Here's the grammar.
YouTubeBack To The Future predicts 9/11
Synchromysticism. // Apophenia, synchromysticism... the biggest element in a argumentative sale like this is repetition. You don't buy the first time they make the argument, but when they build over it, they repeat everything again -- when you re-watch the same images and “logic” again and again it is not the fact that you doubted it the first time that you mind fixes upon, but the fact that you remember it. You transform the working memory of an argument into rhetoric for it, the second time you know you already doubted it, then everything is “fair game” from then on... only that it isn't. That's how conspiracy theory works: infomercial repetition rhetoric + apophenia. // (Of course, this is an self-conscious ironic example. I recognize the artists behind this production are way smarter than simple charlatans or naive x-file style believers.)
YouTubeJigme Khyentse Rinpoche at Vana
In December 2015, About Kangyur Rinpoche. Born in 1963, Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche is the third son of Kangyur Rinpoche. He was recognised by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche and His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa as one of the reincarnations of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Rinpoche, one of the greatest Tibetan Masters of the last century and the Guru of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
YouTubeWhy You Can't Win an Internet Argument
One of the internet's favorite pastimes is arguing, but very few of those arguments ever actually go anywhere. One of the internet's favorite pastimes is arguing, but very few of those arguments ever actually go anywhere. It can be frustrating to watch, but scientists have some ideas on why things play out the way they do.
YouTubeNew Tech Start-Up Bubble
When he lost his job at Newsweek, Lyons - who had long reported on Silicon Valley companies - accepted an offer from HubSpot, a red-hot Boston startup, as a "marketing fellow". Watch the talk to learn what happened next.
YouTubeBach, "Little" Fugue in G minor
Bach, "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, performed on organ by Stephen Malinowski, with an animated graphical score.
YouTubeThe psychology behind Facebook data breach
Facebook has said it now believes up to 87 million people's data was improperly shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica - many more than previously disclosed.
YouTubeUnlikely results
Scientists like to think of science as self-correcting. To an alarming degree, it is not.
YouTubeHow Silicon Valley Created America’s Largest Homeless Camp
Living in “The Jungle” means learning to live in fear. Especially after dark, when some people get violent. The 68-acre homeless camp in South San Jose is considered the largest in the United States. It's a lawless place.
YouTubeUnderstanding Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Some songs are obviously interesting and deserving of study, but others... others surprise you.
YouTubeIt's unbelievable what we do in our relationships
We give to others the job description of making us happy.
YouTubeOn the Buddha
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Siddhartha Festival: The Buddha, Bodhgaya, India, 11 Nov. 2016.
YouTubeAtomic Veterans Were Silenced for 50 Years. Now, They're Talking.
"The Atomic Soldiers" was directed by Morgan Knibbe. It is a part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
YouTubeVajrayana-Buddhism in the Modern World: The Challenges of Maintaining an Authentic Tradition
In March 2018, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche gave teachings to the Rigpa Sangha in Berlin, London and Paris. These teachings are wonderful in any context, explain the Vajrayana practice of guru yoga in depth, and deal directly with the subject at hand.
YouTubeWhite Tara's Mandala and Visualization
Practiced by all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, White Tara has been the main deity practice of many well-known…
YouTubeInside Job Official Trailer
From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson (No End In Sight), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008.
YouTubeH. E. Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche Heart advice
Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche teachings on the 4 Dharmas of Gampopa. This took place in July 2013 at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Denmark.
YouTubeThis meeting as in a dream words by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
A song composed with the words of the great master of the Nyingma lineage Thinley Norbu Rinpoche.
YouTubeDr. Strangelove The Hilarity of Nuclear Annihilation
In this video I analyze how Kubrick turns the threat of Nuclear bombs into something funny.
YouTubeDo We Really Want Change?
Russell Brand speaks with filmmaker Adam Curtis about the rise of individualism, where real power lies, and whether we really want change.
YouTube4 Features From Other Languages That We Wish English Had
If you were redesigning English, and you could make it do anything that any other language in the world does, what would you change? In the video below, YouTuber Tom Scott talks about four fantastic features in other languages that he wishes were found in English.
YouTubeSafe Cracking with Feynman
A chat about some of the ways legendary physicist Richard Feynman cracked safes (filing cabinets) at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
YouTubeJoseph Stiglitz: Smith's Invisible Hand a Myth?
Most widespread magical thinking in history: that if everyone act according to rational self-benefit everyone would be led to prosperity by an invisible hand.
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