This seems like a good time to examine the concept of Civil Disobedience.
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Dr. Ha-Joon Chang explains why you can (and should) “arm yourself with some facts” about economics. His address to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) can be seen in full here, but the animated excerpt above is even more fun.
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Related:
Ha-Joon Chang website
RSA Citizens’ Economic Council
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Manuel Lima, Senior UX Design Lead at Microsoft Bing and founder of VisualComplexity.com, recently addressed the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Video of his lecture is here, but the short animated excerpt above is more fun.
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Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist has written about brain function, behaviour, and culture, and spoke last year at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). The video of his lecture is here, but this short animated excerpt is easier to follow and more fun:
Everybody knows that social media challenged or overthrew repressive regimes in North Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Everyone knows that the Internet promotes Democracy, right? Not so fast, says Evgeny Morozov.
Mr. Morozov emphasizes that networked digital tools can be used to maintain political power as well as challenge it, and recently spoke to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) about this. The video of his complete lecture is here, but this short animated excerpt is easier to follow and more fun:
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