Outrospection

Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric recently addressed the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), explaining how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. Video of his full lecture is here, but the short animated excerpt above is even more fun.

Illustrator: Andrew Park of Cognitive Media for RSA Animate.

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The Truth About Dishonesty

Duke professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely recently addressed the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on the topic of honesty. Video of his lecture is here, but the short animated excerpt above is even more fun.

Illustrator: Andrew Park of Cognitive Media for RSA Animate.

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The Power of Networks

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.

Illustrator: Andrew Park of Cognitive Media for RSA Animate.

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Omnivore, Animated

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce or RSA, home of the amazing RSA Animate series of visually-interpreted lecture videos by Cognitive Media, is running a film contest. Maria Popova at Brain Pickings harvested this brilliant short interpretation of omnivore Michael Pollan’s Food Rules by Marija Jacimovic and Benoit Detalle.

If you find the video tasty, leave a tip beside your plate. Vote for this entry in the RSA/Nominet Trust competition (click here).

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The Internet, Democracy, and Repression

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:

Steven Pinker on Language (Illustrated)

Psychologist and writer Steven Pinker recently spoke to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) about language and cognition. The video of his complete lecture is here, but the animated excerpt above may be easier to follow, and more fun.

 

Video by Cognitive Media for RSA Animate.

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