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Die Eierbrecher (Animation)

Posted on September 18, 2018 by

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Alternative Math | Short Film

Posted on September 6, 2018 by

A well meaning math teacher finds herself trumped by a post-fact America.

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In Pictures: Rich and poor seen from above

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

Striking drone images from South Africa, Mexico and India show shacks next to affluent suburbs. Source: In Pictures: Rich and poor seen from above

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England’s dreaming – Banksy – this isn’t happiness

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England’s dreaming, Banksy Source: nevver

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Who belongs in a city?

Posted on August 11, 2018 by

Underneath every shiny new megacity, there’s often a story of communities displaced. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin Adegbeye details how government land grabs are destroying the lives of thousands who live in the coastal communities of Lagos, Nigeria, to … Continue reading →

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The world’s most ambitious parenting program

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

Criança Feliz (Happy Child) is an ambitious new parent coaching program in Brazil. It teaches parents the importance of early childhood learning and development with the goal of fighting inequality. If it works, it might lift millions in Latin America’s … Continue reading →

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Brazil: Well Educated, Elites Flee As Poor Bear The Brunt of Violence, Austerity — CHIMES MEDIA

Posted on August 5, 2018 by

Wealthy and educated Brazilians are fleeing Brazil as it becomes increasingly unsafe to live there. Severe economic problems are forcing the Government to adopt austerity measures. via Brazil: Well Educated, Elites Flee As Poor Bear The Brunt of Violence, Austerity — … Continue reading →

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Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it’s fair to say that an American’s experience of shared civic life depends on how much money they have. (Three … Continue reading →

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We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

We’re building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are … Continue reading →

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The War on Consciousness – Graham Hancock

Posted on July 20, 2018 by

What is death? Our materialist science reduces everything to matter, materialist science in the West says that we are just meat, we’re just our bodies. So when the brain is dead, that’s the end of consciousness, there is no life … Continue reading →

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