central pattern generator
1:32:40Princes of the Yen | The Hidden Power of Central Banks
4.5M views • 12 years ago
Independent POV
Michael Oswald's documentary, based on Richard Werner's book, argues that Japan's 1990s crash was engineered by the central bank and powerful interests. It focuses on the Bank of Japan's hidden influence over the economy.
4:35Speedy Cutover Service, SXS switching cutover to ESS filmed live at Glendale CA central office, 1984
994K views • 11 years ago
AT&T Tech Channel
A 1984 AT&T film showing the live cutover of a Glendale, California central office from step-by-step switching to an electronic switching system. Installers prepare the site and then cut cables in a coordinated operation.
44:07Pandora's Box, E1: The Engineers' Plot
325K views • 14 years ago
nagualdesign
The first episode of Adam Curtis's 1992 BBC series Pandora's Box, on the engineers' plot, examining communism in the Soviet Union and the rise and limits of technocratic central planning.
16:35Forest Man
8.5M views • 12 years ago
William D McMaster
A short documentary about Jadav Payeng, who since the 1970s has planted a forest larger than Central Park on India's Majuli island, turning barren land into a lush oasis.
34:52There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future)
1.1M views • 14 years ago
incubatepictures
An animated short on limits to growth, covering oil formation, peak oil, energy, economic growth and resource depletion. Its central section deals with exponential growth, and the author notes some statistics are dated.