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It was the “Aha” moment. You know, that feeling when you really understand something or get an idea of how to solve a problem? Have you…

Like all animals, we know what we need. Nourishment, safety, sex. Our needs are limited. Instinctual. Natural. And in today’s world – almost guaranteed. Our wants, on the other hand, are more complex. Whimsical. Time-consuming. We create them by choosing from a menu of possibilities that changes along with our environment. And boy, has our environment changed. For millennia, we foraged in the wild. Today, we’re being suffocated by abundance.

Nuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?

How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think you know. Play along with his audience quiz — then, from Hans’ son Ola, learn 4 ways to quickly get less ignorant. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Big thanks to Dr. Frank Mitloehner for chatting with me. You can find him on twitter under @GHGGuru Navigation: 00:00 - Why are people saying Cows are bad for the planet? 1:14 - How much would Americans going plant based actually reduce GHG emissions? 2:56 - Do cows really take all the water? 4:53 - The real problem with water 7:01 - Do Cows really take all our Food? 7:53 - Livestock make the whole food system more efficient. 10:17 - Do Cows really take all our Land? 12:30 - You can't just grow whatever wherever. 13:54 - Why Global numbers are Misleading 15:45 - United States cattle are super efficient 16:48 - What about methane? 20:52 - Something more worth talking about than meat [SUBTÍTULOS EN ESPAÑOL] ✍️ "DEBUNK" RESPONSE 🥩 https://www.patreon.com/posts/51285771 📑 (PDF) - Here is my reply to a popular plant-based youtuber's attempt at "debunking" this video. ✍️Actually, there's been a lot of youtubers attempting to "debunk" this video. Here is my reply to another one: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50919460 I'll get to the others as I have time. 🌎The discussion with Dr. Mitloehner was immensely helpful but for those of you worried that I'm relying on one source: plenty of research was done before and after our conversation. I double checked all of his points and they are all backed up by research that is not his own. (All sources are in the below link.) 🐄This video is talking about conventional beef, not grass fed beef. 🥩There's actually still a ton more to talk about that couldn't fit in this video, how many of you guys would like to see another video expanding on this topic? LINK TO A PDF WITH SOURCES: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50493370 Also, check out the documentary "Sacred Cow" by Diana Rogers, narrated by Nick Offerman - well made, informative and engaging. The graphic design for the animation at 17:26 was based on an infographic from the Sacred Cow website - https://www.sacredcow.info/helpful-resources . ▼Newsletter signup: https://mailchi.mp/a58275fd1906/josepheverettwil ▲Patreon: www.patreon/com/WILearned ▲Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeverettlearned ▲IG: www.instagram.com/jeverett.whativelearned/ ▲FB: https://www.facebook.com/What-Ive-Learned-Joseph-Everett-102321408680549 For business inquiries: joseph.everett.wil@gmail.com

Rivalry: How to beat a basic instinct, with Luke Burgis Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►►https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► How to drive your enemies crazy | Robert Thurman https://youtu.be/exvUH2qKLTU Humans are more rivalrous than we like to believe. Nearly every religion has ancient stories of sibling rivalries. Unfortunately, we humans seem to delight in seeing others fail. But according to Luke Burgis, envy often leads to misery. The strange mystery of desire is that we look to others to figure out what it is that we want, and then we adopt another’s desires as our own. Occasionally, though, rivalries can produce good outcomes, like the rivalry between Enzo Ferrari and Ferruccio Lamborghini. Read the video transcript: https://bigthink.com/videos/rivalries/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Luke Burgis: Luke Burgis has co-created and led four companies in wellness, consumer products, and technology. He’s currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship where he also teaches business at The Catholic University of America. Luke has helped form and serves on the board of several new K-12 education initiatives and writes and speaks regularly about the education of desire. He studied business at NYU Stern and philosophy and theology at a pontifical university in Rome. He’s Managing Partner of Fourth Wall Ventures, an incubator that he started to build, train, and invest in people and companies that contribute to a healthy human ecology. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Claire, and her crazy New Orleans cat Clotille. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more of our stories on rivalries: Facebook moving forward with hiding like counts to fight envy ►► https://bigthink.com/the-present/facebook-removes-like-counts How your level of self-esteem determines the success of ‘envy marketing’ ►► https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/envy-marketing-doesnt-work-on-people-with-low-self-esteem-study-says-2 The difference between schadenfreude and sadism ►► https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/schadenfreude-sadism ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Big Think | Smarter Faster™ ► Big Think The leading source of expert-driven, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, Big Think helps you get smarter, faster by exploring the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century. ► Big Think+ Make your business smarter, faster: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want more Big Think? ► Daily editorial features: https://bigthink.com/popular/ ► Get the best of Big Think right to your inbox: https://bigthink.com/st/newsletter ► Facebook: https://bigth.ink/facebook ► Instagram: https://bigth.ink/Instagram ► Twitter: https://bigth.ink/twitter

Credit: https://www.linkyear.com/(Revised Oct 3, 2018)The main intent of this video is not to highlight racial differences. Race was only used as a metaphor....

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