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Posts Tagged "society"
How to make obeying the law fun – The Speed Camera Lottery (via @rooreynolds)
via youtube.com
I can’t get enough of these guys. They should run for government or something…
Is the #turnred (RED) "AIDS-free generation by 2015" campaign lacking something?
As you may know, it was World AIDS Day yesterday, raising awareness of the global fight to eradicate the HIV/AIDS disease. I missed the day itself but was greeted by this popup today inviting me to “join RED” and help make the AIDS-free generation by 2015 a reality.
In case you’re not familiar, RED is an initiative whereby you buy a particular variant of your product in red with a special (RED) brand – everything from iPods to shoes, clothing, coffee and books – and the manufacturer donates a portion (typically about 20%) to the global fight against AIDS (and possibly other causes as well, I’m not sure). Which is great, and they are having huge successes, having raised $160 million in 5 years.
I wholeheartedly support the goal of eradicating AIDS, and I love the idea of making such a bold statement that “We can have the first AIDS-free generation by 2015”. But a number of things bugged me about this campaign.
On the decline of language…
via vimeo.com
An insightful Friday afternoon wordplay…
Credits to Ronnie Bruce for the animation and Taylor Mali for the poem.
The Daily Mail Song
via youtube.com
Well this sums up my feelings about the Daily Mail perfectly. Inflammatory, sensationalist drivel that does a lot of damage to society. Great song by Dan & Dan. Check out the other Dan & Dan videos too.
Visualization of 4,000 years of democracy in 90 seconds
via mapsofwar.com
Nice animation showing how different ideas of governance spread around the world. Slightly oversimplistic in parts, and lacking some details, but still, a nice way to represent it.
Here’s the history of religion too:
And the history of the Middle East: