Francis Fukuyama "The Origins of Political Order."

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

Two documentaries and one short film of Richard Feynman

The Last Journey Of A Genius: Richard Feynman Dreams of Tannu Tuva (55 minutes)



Open Culture article: http://www.openculture.com/2011/08/the_last_journey_of_a_genius.html



The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (50 minutes)



Open Culture article: http://www.openculture.com/2008/12/the_pleasure_of_finding_things_out.html



Richard Feynman Talks Science (1 minute)



Open Culuture article: http://www.openculture.com/2011/04/richard_feynman_talks_science_and_bill_gates_posts_talks_online.html

Pierre Bourdieu - An introduction

SMSS: Squad Mission Support System - Autonomous Unmanned ground vehicle

Think of implications this kind of technology has for the humankind. No, I'm not being optimistic.

Read the article: Autonomous Robot Truck Will Debut in Afghanistan This Year

Alain de Botton - On Pessimism

Alain de Botton - On Pessimism from The School of Life on Vimeo.

You need pessimism (aka realism) to be happy.

via @sheldon_kent