Category: politics

The Illusion of Democracy | Who Really Controls our Lives

https://youtu.be/mhOOziH7QAo Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these choices are just an illusion? In an era where regulations and red tape rule every industry, where lobby groups and big business wield more influence…… Continue reading The Illusion of Democracy | Who Really Controls our Lives

OPPENHEIMER: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

https://youtu.be/-JWxIVVeV98 J Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this rare NBC News documentary. Originally produced two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this presentation features new insight from NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss. » Subscribe to NBC News:…… Continue reading OPPENHEIMER: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

Who Runs The World?

https://youtu.be/ta4U8G03q98 A clip from the new Under The Skin podcast episode with Yuval Noah Harari discussing power, AI and our future and identity as human beings.

Machiavelli

https://youtu.be/wsMs-DuGy1o BBC Documentary https://youtu.be/CKGuzJ6GwHM A Very Short Introduction | Quentin Skinner – Talks at Google

Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires

https://youtu.be/TISMidxdZoc Lex Fridman Podcast #251Ray Dalio is an investor, author, and founder of Bridgewater Associates.OUTLINE:0:00 – Introduction 0:42 – Money or power 4:18 – Big Cycle 24:11 – Collapse of the American Empire 32:38 – War 35:45 – Xi Jinping 41:49 – Importance of freedoms 47:52 – Democracy’s vulnerability 51:17 – Communism’s vulnerability 58:18 -…… Continue reading Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires

WWII America’s historical myths

https://youtu.be/JSJA5KzUSOk?si=v09ASMKrFV068qwF Was World War II really a “good war?” In this roundtable session, historians debate America’s various contested memories of World War II, from the still-popular view of the “good war” to other alternative memories presented at home and abroad. How was the notion of the “good war” shaped during the war and afterwards? Chair:…… Continue reading WWII America’s historical myths