Category Archives: Video

TLDR? Adenosine Triphosphate.

A sobering reflection on life, the Universe and everything from the always fascinating German education design studio, Kurzgesagt. To wit:

Picture  yourself as a slinky falling down an escalator moving upwards – the falling part represents the self replicating processes of your cells, the escalator represents  the laws of physics, driving you forwards. To be alive is to be in motion but never arriving anywhere. If you reach the top of the escalator there is no more falling possible and you are dead forever. 

Previously: Coronavirus Explained

Like movie adaptations that don’t quite resemble the book, the face peering back at us from the bathroom mirror can be, well,  disappointing.  Time for a useful video essay from The School Of Life. To wit:

We’re always being told that we should make peace with how we look; but why? We never chose our bodies and nor should we necessarily be forced to identify with them. They’re like a random taxi we were shoved into at birth.

Previously: Everybody Look At Your Hands

Do you like Michael Gondry’s video for the Chemical Brothers’ ‘Star Guitar’?

Well, this POV compilation by Thomas H isn’t quite that but it does pair Swiss train journeys with techno. The tracks change, the scenery is lovely.

Full screen for best effect.

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A stylish take on the dystopia genre by French-Japanese illustrator and artist Kajika Aki Ferrazzini with a nod to a Japanese cultural tradition called mono no aware wherein a beautiful sadness is tempered with the impermanence of all things.

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