1. |
Fear
02:54
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Future
Research
Technology
Robotics
Earth
Systems
Jobs
Money
Fear
Access granted
I am a happy computer.
I am a sad computer.
Your computer is angry at you.
[Lingala]
There was a time when I believed in humanity
And that time is long gone
Many things have changed and i was forced to believe only in power
Ever increasing power
This is for you
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2. |
Equity
03:36
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This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds
It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal
And that the rights of every man are diminished
When the rights of one man are threatened
The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city
Men of goodwill and generosity
Should be able to unite regardless of party or politics
People say they care less
When they actually mean they couldn't care less
That's one of the flaws with being humans
We care
But it's also what makes us such beautiful creatures
We could care less
So we did
Does that make me any less beautiful as a person?
Maybe it does
But sometimes I have to think about myself
Sometimes I have to think about myself
Sometimes I have to think about myself
Sometimes I have to think about... myself
We want one thing
We declare our rank on this Earth
To be a man
To be a human being
To be respected as a human being
To be given the rights of a human being
In this society, on this Earth, in this day
Which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary
Take advantage of some lives for the benefit of others
The United States has no right
Take advantage of some lives for the benefit of others
The United States has no right... to impose
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3. |
Hearing
03:31
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Let's pretend for a moment that I actually have something worth saying
Is it worth listening to?
If a tree falls in the forest and no one's there to hear it
Does it make a sound?
Scientifically, yes, it does
When something falls, it creates a reverberation in the air that surrounds it
Which creates the thing we call sound
In some sense we can kind of compare this to our own lives
Although we scream at the top of our lungs
Hoping that someone might hear us
We feel that... our voices go unheard
And sometimes they do
But... every once in a while... in the distance
Someone... may be just barely able... to make out what you said
The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world
It seems at times when we need to say something the most
We find ourselves incapable of doing so
I suppose this might be human nature
I suppose, on the inside, we all might be screaming at the top of our lungs
So why is it on the outside... no one hears a thing?
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4. |
Progress
01:14
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Cultures, nations, religions, and people
They are in constant transformation
Step by step, year by year
The world is not improving
Not on every single measure
As a rule, the world faces huge challenges
We have not made tremendous progress
This is data as you've never known it
It is data as therapy
Factfulness, like a healthy diet and regular exercise, can and should become part of your daily life
Start to practice it
You will make better decisions
Oh, I didn't know I could do that
Progress
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5. |
Philosophy
02:10
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Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
That until there are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation
That until the color of man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes
That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race
That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion
To be pursued but never attained
Progress towards these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world
It commands our whole attention
Absorbs our very being
We face a hostile ideology
Global in scope
Ruthless in purpose
And insidious in message
Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration
To meet it successfully, there is call for not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis
But rather those which enable us to carry forward stepping
Surely, and without complaint, the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle
With liberty the stake
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6. |
Pascal
04:18
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7. |
Insignificance
01:13
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty place from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time
And all our yesterdays have alighted falls
The way to dusty death
Out, out brief candle
Life's but a walking shadow
A poor player that struts and frets his 'air upon the stage
And then is heard no more
It is a tale told by an idiot
Full of sound and fury
Signifying...
Nothing...
Signifying...
Nothing...
Nothing
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8. |
Knowledge
01:56
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This was easy for us
Jay and Marenmore want money by working hard
She is thinner than I am
Bright sunshine shimmers on the ocean
Nothing is as offensive as innocence
Nothing is as offensive as innocence
Well we meet in an hour of change and challenge
In a decade of hope and fear
In an age of both knowledge and ignorance
The greater our knowledge increases
The greater our ignorance unfolds
Despite the striking fact
That most of the scientists that the world has ever known
Are alive and working today
Despite the fact that this nation's own scientific manpower
Is doubling every twelve years
In a rate of growth
More than three times that of our population as a whole
Despite that...
The vast stretches of the unknown
And the unanswered
And the unfinished
Still far outstrip
Our collective comprehension
No man can fully grasp
The greater our knowledge increases
The greater our ignorance unfolds
Bright sunshine shimmers on the ocean
Nothing is as offensive as innocence
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9. |
Nihilism
02:45
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Nothing... ever... changes
Nothing... ever... changes
Nothing ever changes
Nothing ever changes
Nothing... ever... changes
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10. |
Naivete
04:45
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Good night darling
Sleep well
Now, close your eyes and sleep
Sleep
Sleep
It's time to sleep my love
It's time to sleep
Close your eyes and sleep
Sleep
Sleep
It's time to sleep my love
[French]
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