Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get this off my chest. It all comes down to mathematics. Most people I have spoken to over the last few weeks, who think they can do “life as normal”, have no understanding of exponential (viral) growth. Hopefully the following may give you an insight and better understanding of the NUMBERS driving the COVID-19 pandemic. This is …
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What would all the world’s experts and authorities say today if the Titanic were sinking but nobody was willing to admit it? The U.S. economy, after all, is sinking and taking on an unprecedented volume of water (i.e. debt), yet virtually no one is willing to admit the obvious fact that this ship is sinking. And much like with the Titanic, most “experts” continue to …
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo[/youtube] More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgq0l Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before – using augmented reality …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY[/youtube] 2 million views for an old codger giving a lecture about arithmetic? What’s going on? You’ll just have to watch to see what’s so damn amazing about what he (Albert Bartlett) has to say. I introduce this video to my students as “Perhaps the most boring video you’ll ever see, and definitely the most important.” But then again, after watching it most said that …
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By now, you may have heard about our acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., a film that boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. The film has been a huge hit, getting rave reviews from Roger Ebert and others. Now, we proudly release a 30-minute condensed version of I.O.U.S.A. designed specifically for watching and sharing on the web …
In “The Crash Course“, Chris Martenson presents an in-depth consideration of the Economy, Energy, and the Environment. Not only does he explain the fundamental causes of the current economic crisis, but he also demonstrates how the problems facing the economy are related to concurrent issues regarding our sources of energy and climate change. The information provided is eye-opening and vital to understanding the world in …
Join Dr. Chris Martenson as he explains the three E’s of the economy, energy, and the environment and how they are interrelated in this condensed version of his three hour Crash Course. As Chris often reminds us in the Crash Course, “The next twenty years are going to be completely unlike the last twenty years.” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidQTDjQ5gw[/youtube]