Here’s a Sesame Street classic. I remember this from when I was a kid; we watched it a few times with our kids Monday morning. The sheer amount of knowledge embodied in this whole process is mesmerizing.
And of course, here’s Leonard E. Read’s classic essay, always worth a re-read.
Jul 4 2014
Kant just went up a full notch in my eyes. From The Critique of Pure Reason, via David Gordon, via Wlodek Rabinowicz.The usual touchstone, whether that which someone asserts is merely his persuasion -- or at least his subjective conviction, that is, his firm belief -- is betting. It often happens that someone pro...
Jul 3 2014
Thomas Piketty's book is focused on wealth inequality, but he offers opinions on a wide variety of topics. The vast majority of those opinions are left wing, and in my view most are wrong. Here's one example (p. 481): Modern redistribution, as exemplified by the social states instructed by the wealthy countries in t...
Jul 3 2014
Here's a Sesame Street classic. I remember this from when I was a kid; we watched it a few times with our kids Monday morning. The sheer amount of knowledge embodied in this whole process is mesmerizing. And of course, here's Leonard E. Read's classic essay, always worth a re-read.
READER COMMENTS
magilson
Jul 3 2014 at 9:50am
That segment is literally the reason I work in manufacturing today. I used to ask to watch it over and over again.
nl7
Jul 3 2014 at 12:08pm
Used to love that one as a kid, particularly the parts with the orange stuff getting scraped off. I still enjoy shows like How It’s Made and Factory Made, though my partner has almost zero interest so I mostly watch without her.
Interesting to watch it and see how many steps basically require a human being to grab a handful of crayons and move them to another machine. Basically just doing the work of a specialized conveyor belt (without the big capital cost).
Chris
Jul 3 2014 at 12:35pm
Here’s a more modern version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzFqUsTTKI
ThomasH
Jul 3 2014 at 6:06pm
I thought about it every time I heard some “conservative” last year bloviate about the President’s “You didn’t build that” remark.
Brian S
Jul 4 2014 at 12:57am
@ Chris
Thanks for the link to the modern version. When watching the old version I was thinking about what a new one would be like.
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