Cracking the Maya code (documentary)

And no, the world will not end in 2012.

Fetal development

The first 8 weeks..



..and 32 more weeks to go.

Subjective value

"[...] placebo education. The point is that education doesn't actually work by teaching you things. It actually works by giving you the impression that you had a very good education. Which gives you an insane sense of unwarranted self-confidence. Which then makes you very successful in later life. So.. uhm.. Welcome to Oxford ladies and gentlemen."

- Rory Sutherland -

Human rights

The universal declaration of human rights is here:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

Rights are not as much granted or endowed
as they are fought for and claimed.

Thoughts on exponential growth

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our
inability to understand the exponential function"

- Albert A. Bartlett -

Powers of ten

http://www.powersof10.com/

Cash

This is what a million dollars looks like.



If you want to see what the U.S. debt
looks like: http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/

DNA replication

This happens every time a cell in your body replicates..