• Intro

    Arithmetic, Population and Energy
    Very entertaining lecture by Albert Bartlett about the exponential function, growth and population.
    Growth has an expiration Date
    A small lecture from Tom Murphy, the author of Do The Math summarizing some of his posts. He talks about growth and sustainability.
    Crash Course chapters 3 and 4
    These two chapters focus exclusively on the exponential function, and its importance.
    RSA Animate - Smile or Die
    Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking.

  • Society

    Beware online filter bubbles (added 11 Feb 2012)
    Google, facebook and others have tried hard to tailor the data we see so it best suited for us. But this also means that we are less likely to see a point of view different from our own or important stuff, that we might find disturbing.
    The Century Of the Self
    This incredible documentary explains how Sigmund Freud and his followers changed PR and later the way the whole society thinks by exploring the subconsciousness. Basically the then cutting-edge psychology was employed by businesses to model the desires of the population for their own profit.
    Brain Development Addiction with Gabor Mate
    Gabor Mate talks about addictions, their cause and how the brain works.
    Consuming Kids (added 10 Jan 2012)
    Documentary about advertising to children, and its effects on the individual later in his life.
    Gabor Mate Lecture - Hold on to your kids (added 22 Jan 2012)
    Gabor Mate talks about what influences young children in their early development, and why should parents spend more time with them.
    Non Violent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg
    Non Violent Communication -- a new way of thinking about yourself and about the others resulting in less stress, suffering, violence and more self fulfillment, empathy.
    Call of Apathy: Violent Young Men and Our Place in War (added 3 Mar 2012)
    Some truths about war and its depiction in video games.

  • Economy

    Crash Course Lectures
    These offer an excellent overview of the economic, energetic and environmental problems of this time, but are focused mainly on economy -- chapters 5 to 16 (the first are introductory, so might want to check them out also).
    RSA Animate - Crises of Capitalism
    Animated lecture of David Harvey about the limits of Capitalism.
    RSA Animate - Choice
    Animated lecture of Professor Renata Salecl about the delusion of choice
    The Money Fix
    Short documentary on money -- current problems and possible solutions.
    The American Dream by The Provocateur Network
    A simple animated explanation of how the private Federal Reserve steals your money and why it must be stopped
    slavery footprint
    Site for calculating how many slaves work for you.

  • Energy

    Crash Course Lectures
    Videos 17 to 19 of the crash course focus on energy problems, and the very simple reality that a finite world cannot satisfy exponential growth. Take a very close look at video 19 -- Energy and the Economy.
    Thorium remix (added 19 Apr 2012)
    A quick overview of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR), and why is it relevant. The first 5 minutes are a summary of the whole 2 hour video.
    300 years of fossil fuels in 300 seconds
    A short introduction to fossil fuels.
    Reinventing the Leaf
    This short lecture by George L. Argyros, professor in the California institute of technology is talking about a research that would produce hydrogen from sun. On the way he mentions the problems of the current, fossil-fuel based, energy production.
    Wikipedia - Peak oil
    Check the facts about peak oil, and stop relying on the mass media to give you the answers.
    The next 10 years will be very unlike the last 10 years (added 11 Feb 2012)
    A short video highlighting the history of the fossil fuel era.
    Energy watch group
    Non profit organization tracking the usage of coal, oil and gas. You may take a look at the report section on the right.

  • Environment

    Jeremy Rifkin - the crisis that we face
    An excellent video outlining the three issues we face now, and a way to deal with them, with more emphasis on environment.
    Wikipedia - Global Warming
    As simple as it may seem -- just take a look at the wikipedia article about global warming. You may as well read some of the reports linked there. The phenomenon is real, its effects are going to come, and it will be devastating, unless of course we do something about it. Take a close look at feedback and public opinion. In short most of the estimations are optimistic at best, not all feedback loops have been fully analyzed, and the general public has lowered their interest in the subject in recent years.
    Gasland
    Documentary about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- a mechanism of gas extraction used in the US and other countries.
    BBC article about Siberian Methane
    Methane trapped in melting ice was mentioned as a feedback loop in Jeremy's interview which might have enormous effect.

  • Solutions

    The Zeitgeist Movement
    The Venus Project