Ray Kurzweil — Immortality By 2045 / Global Future 2045 Congress'2013

Published on Jan 18, 2015

Global Future 2045 Congress: Towards a New Strategy for Human Evolution /
New York City, 2013 http://gf2045.com/

Ray Kurzweil
Singularitarian Immortalist
Director of Engineering at Google, famous inventor, author of How to Create a Mind.

Immortality by 2045
The onset of the 21st century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged, as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy, and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. The paradigm shift rate is now doubling every decade, so the twenty-first century will see 20,000 years of progress at today’s rate. 

This animation puts the entire US population into perspective

Business Insider

Published on May 25, 2016

What does the population of the US look like? It might help to shrink it down a bit. Here's how the country would break down if it were a village of just 100 people.

Jay Walking on Geography

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Heroes of Color - Episode 2 / Gaspar Yanga

Published on May 20, 2016

Gaspar Yanga is known as one of the first black liberators in the Americas by leading one of the most successful slave rebellions. After being forced into slavery on the sugar plantations in Veracruz, Mexico, he escaped around 1570. Gaspar and his followers headed into the mountainous terrain of Veracruz where they flourished unchallenged for nearly 30 years. His group constantly fended off Spanish military attacks. Years later, he was officially awarded land under a treaty.

Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31

Published on Aug 23, 2012

In which John Green talks about the many revolutions of Latin America in the 19th century. At the beginning of the 1800s, Latin America was firmly under the control of Spain and Portugal. The revolutionary zeal that had recently created the United States and had taken off Louis XVI's head in France arrived in South America, and a racially diverse group of people who felt more South American than European took over. John covers the soft revolution of Brazil, in which Prince Pedro boldly seized power from his father, but promised to give it back if King João ever returned to Brazil. He also covers the decidedly more violent revolutions in Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina. Watch the video to see Simón Bolívar's dream of a United South America crushed, even as he manages to liberate a bunch of countries and get two currencies and about a thousand schools and parks named after him.

Cine Venezolano: Manuela Sáenz. La Libertador del Libertador.

Uploaded on Apr 2, 2008

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Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution

PBS Egalite for All: (2009)

Watch this documentary and leave comments for extra credit. 10 comments during the semester = one extra credit point 

The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24

Published on Jul 5, 2012

In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that people could own other people based on skin color.