[00:02.64]Rebellion Independence [00:05.45]It's a pretty standard failing of the young [00:09.32]to assume that disagreement is a demonstration of independence. [00:12.98]But that can lead to a fallacious intellectual shortcut: [00:16.89]I don't actu...
[00:03.53]The Victory of Jeans [00:06.35]A twenty year old immigrant, Levi Strauss, [00:10.80]came to the United States in 1850 to seek his fortune [00:14.36]in the gold fields. But strangely enough, [00:17.65]this man made his fortune on heavy canva...
[00:02.32]Naps [00:04.55]Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, [00:09.14]too unproductive, and it's free; [00:11.56]pleasures for which we don't pay make us anxious. [00:14.93]Besides, it seems to be a natural inclination. [00:18.34]Those who get...
[00:02.60]Could a Game Show Format Work at University [00:05.43]Educators, are you ready? Hands on your buzzers. [00:10.64]Here we go with our first starter for 10: [00:13.56]do television quiz show formats offer a useful tool for teaching? [00:17.91...
[00:02.39]Top 10 Odd College Courses [00:05.03]College courses aren't all Economics and The History of Europe. [00:10.21]A trend among many colleges and universities is to offer courses [00:14.35]that are slightly off the beaten track. [00:16.62]Many...
[00:00.86]Hollywood Is Flush With Movies [00:09.96]When Meg Ryan and Antonio Banderas signed up to star [00:15.36]in an independently produced comedy-action movie [00:18.41]called My Mom's New Boyfriend, the film's backers [00:22.14]figured they had...
[00:01.45]The Most Historically Inaccurate Movies Ⅱ [00:04.39]Memoirs of a Geisha [00:07.72]The geisha coming-of-age, was really more of a makeover, [00:11.81]where she changed her hairstyle and clothes. [00:14.30]It didn't involve her getting inti...
[00:01.20]The Most Historically Inaccurate MoviesⅠ [00:06.65]10 000 B.C. [00:10.10]Director Roland Emmerich is usually a stickler for realism. [00:14.40]So we hate to inform him that woolly mammoths were not, [00:18.22]in fact, used to build pyrami...
[00:01.61]On Going a Journey [00:06.09]One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey: [00:11.67] but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; [00:16.81] but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. [00:20.32]I am t...
[00:01.40]Dreaming about Future [00:04.68]Now is the time to dream. [00:08.94]When things are at their worst, [00:10.69]when people say there is no hope, [00:12.66]when the future looks bleak, now is the time to dream. [00:17.04]Forget about transpor...
