Just a friendly reminder

Since having a ton of google video windows open on a page kinda slows it down, i've limited the main page to 4 posts. Don't forget you can always find older posts in the archive, to the right of the page. If the page is slowed down anyways, clicking on the one you want to watch in the archive will single it out for you.

Monday, March 12, 2007

The Fog of War;

This video is a documentary/interview with former Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara who served at the height of the cold war. He offers 11 lessons from his experience that my generation would do well to pay attention to. In the course of this mans service the United States stood on the brink of nuclear war 3 times. That's 3 times in 6 years.

1) Empathize with your enemy.
2) Rationality will not save us.
3) There's something beyond one's self.
4) Maximize efficiency.
5) Proportionality should be a guideline in war.
6) Get the data.
7) Belief and seeing are both often wrong.
8) Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning.
9) In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil.
10) Never say never.
11) You can't change human nature.

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Cocaine Cowboys;

A great documentary featuring interviews with people involved in the "cocaine wars" era in Maimi's history. This stuff is right out of a movie, it's shocking.

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Extraordinary People - The Boy with the incredible Brain;

This video documents an autistic savant lucky enough to posses the social skills necessary to explain how he makes massive calculations without applying any conscious effort.

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Near Death Experiances;

Here's a video looking at Near Death Experiences that occurred under full medical supervision.

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