You Are Not What You Earn
AdultsPersonal FinanceSocietyWork...The modern world firmly equates how much we earn with how good, noble, wise and worthy of honour we are. This is a brutal misunderstanding of how salaries are determined. We need to operate with a far more nuanced view of what the money we earn says about us.
The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang
AdultsEconomyIndustryFashion...Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel Chang traces the life cycle of a t-shirt.
Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet
AdultsAnimalsNatureWorld...When most people think of fishing, we imagine relaxing in a boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch. But modern industrial fishing -- the kind that stocks our grocery shelves -- looks more like warfare. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet explain overfishing and its effects on ecosystems, food security, jobs, economies, and coastal cultures.
Why Trains are so Expensive
AdultsEconomyTechnologyTransportationTrains require a lot of people to operate.
The real reason streetcars are making a comeback
AdultsCitiesEconomyTransportation...It's mostly about economic development.
Jing-Jin-Ji, A MEGALOPOLIS | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 1
AdultsConstructionFutureTechnology...Jing-Jin-Ji: China is in the midst of a construction spree unparalleled in human history. These are the Megaprojects that will lift China into the future. China wants to make its capital, Beijing, the center of the world's largest supercity, by merging three provinces into one continuous megalopolis of 130 million people.
Why We Hate Cheap Things
AdultsFoodPersonal FinanceEconomy...In assessing what material things are important and worth paying attention to, we're oddly prejudiced against cheapness - and frustratingly drawn to the expensive, for reasons that don't necessarily stand up to examination.
Why there are twice as many solar jobs as coal jobs
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyWork...America is changing how it gets its energy, and coal is losing out.
Wait... Is China Really the Leader in Green Energy?
AdultsGlobal WarmingWorldPolitics...With plans to pull out of the Paris climate deal, the US is quickly falling behind in the race for clean energy. So who's winning?
How does money laundering work? - Delena D. Spann
AdultsBusinessEconomyMoney laundering is the term for any process that "cleans" illegally obtained funds of their "dirty" criminal origins, allowing them to be used within the legal economy. And the practice is about as old as money itself. But how does it actually work? Delena D. Spann describes the ins and outs of money laundering. Lesson by Delena D. Spann, animation by Juan M. Urbina.
What are the challenges of nuclear power? - M. V. Ramana and Sajan Saini
AdultsGlobal WarmingTechnologyEnergy...Our ability to mine great amounts of energy from uranium nuclei has led some to bill nuclear power as a plentiful, utopian source of electricity. But rather than dominate the global electricity market, nuclear power has declined from a high of 18% in 1996 to 11% today. What happened to the great promise of this technology? M.V. Ramana and Sajan Saini detail the challenges of nuclear power.
The economics of beard popularity in the US
AdultsEconomyPhilosophySociety...We may have reached "peak beard."
Bill Gates: the robot that takes your job should pay taxes
AdultsEconomyTechnologyWork...In an interview with Quartz editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney, Bill Gates explains why robots that take jobs away from people shouldn't get a free pass when it comes to income tax.
Why do airlines sell too many tickets?
AdultsEconomyMathTransportation...Have you ever sat in a doctor's office for hours, despite having an appointment?