Curated Video
From Counting Cans to Feeding Families: The Math of a Food Pantry
Join us on an exciting trip to People In Need food pantry in Delaware County, Ohio! We'll go behind the scenes to see how they use math every day to help families in their community. From counting items to ensure families receive the...
TED Talks
Thulasiraj Ravilla: How low-cost eye care can be world-class
India's revolutionary Aravind Eye Care System has given sight to millions. Thulasiraj Ravilla looks at the ingenious approach that drives its treatment costs down and quality up, and why its methods should trigger a re-think of all human...
NPR
Is Your Personality Fixed, Or Can You Change Who You Are? | Invisibilia | NPR
The marshmallow test became the poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that are stable and consistent. And this drives Walter Mischel crazy. "That iconic story is upside-down wrong," Mischel says. "That your...
Curated Video
Goals Every Firm Should Have with Social Media
Why should a company use social media? Well there are a number of reasons why a firm should be on social media. Here we go through some of the most common objectives and reasons why firms should be on social meida, ranging from client...
Big Think
Why the U.S. is an anomaly among democracies | Eboo Patel
- From the time of the ancient Greeks, political philosophers believed the only way to have diversity in a society was for it to be an empire or a dictatorship. They thought homogeneity was the core of democracy: one ethnic group, one...
Curated Video
How to social distance, according to an expert
To fight coronavirus, we need to change how we live. Read more about the coronavirus pandemic at http://vox.com/coronavirus “Social distancing,” also called physical distancing, is the best way to slow the spread of coronavirus and save...
Curated Video
Why people are buying cartoon cats on the blockchain
Forget cryptocurrencies. These are cryptocollectibles. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Every time you send something on the internet, it’s a copy. But using new technology, can we make digital goods that are... rare?...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nuri Ansari - The Lynching of Elbert Williams
On June 20, 1940, NAACP leader Elbert Williams was abducted from his home in Brownsville, Tennessee, by a group of white men led by the local sheriff and the night marshal. Three days later, Mr. Williams’s lifeless and brutalized body...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 9: Inflation
Imagine a hamburger costing only 15 cents! Scholars analyze the impact inflation has on the economy over time and investigate what makes prices rise in the market. They view a short video while researching the Consumer Price Index to...