What is the ideal space for creativity? Steven Johnson shares his investigation and research of trying to find the `right` environment for our `lightbulb` moments to grow....
An entertaining video that questions whether storytelling is the most powerful tool of all. The speaker discusses an experiment that shows how objects bought on eBay are more valuable if they have a story attached to them and how a similar thing happens with objects...
The concept of building a `City of the Future` has been tried in quite a few cities of the world, here we get to see Saudi Arabia's proposal for their own. `The Line` aims to build vertical cities, getting rid of cars entirely and using...
This video compares Raiders of the Lost Ark to its imitator movies. It comments on how the first scene succeeds in having a self-contained story that is well structured, of a hero following his goals in only 10 minutes, now imagine we could achieve that...
This video is inspired by the fact that India is going to overtake China and become the most populous country on the planet. The big question is “So What?!”. You can link it to the ageing population in Spain, Italy etc, the impact of automation, unemployment,...
The video explains that many people watch movies and TV shows in various locations, but find it hard to understand the dialogue without subtitles. It is becoming increasingly necessary due to the advancements in technology, which have changed the way actors perform and the way audio...
There are three videos on Chat GPT so you can pitch the right one depending on your students' existing knowledge....
The video talks about how advertisers use emojis to target users on social media platforms, particularly Twitter. In 2016, Twitter began giving advertisers access to emoji data, which gives advertisers an insight into the emotional context behind users' tweets. This allows advertisers to target users...
Rome became the first city in history with one million inhabitants and was a centre of technological, legal, and economic progress. An empire impossible to topple, stable and rich and powerful. Until it wasn’t anymore. First slowly then suddenly, the most powerful civilization on earth collapsed....
Imagine being able to pick up any book, read it, and remember almost everything from it. This kind of superpower memory recall might feel like fiction, but there are people in the real world that seem to carry an incredible ability to hold on to...