philosophy
2:23:07Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety
950K views • 12 years ago
Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton's 2004 documentary based on his book Status Anxiety, running over two hours. It asks why people in rich societies are still unhappy, and examines how worries about success, snobbery and meritocracy drive that anxiety.
Topic match · Philosophy & ethics
2:00:00Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]
6.2M views • 8 years ago
Farm Transparency Project
Dominion is a two-hour documentary using drones and hidden cameras to expose conditions in animal agriculture, including food, clothing, entertainment and research. It questions humanity's dominion over animals.
Topic match · Philosophy & ethics
34:38The Trolley Problem in Real Life
15.8M views • 8 years ago
Vsauce
Vsauce's Michael Stevens stages a realistic version of the trolley problem with unsuspecting subjects who believe they must decide a life-or-death outcome. The Mind Field episode compares what people say they would do with what they actually do.
Topic match · Philosophy & ethics
23:39UNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use -- AT&T Archives film from 1982, Bell Laboratories
499K views • 12 years ago
AT&T Tech Channel
A 1982 AT&T Bell Labs film for students about the Unix system and how it can be used practically. It includes Lorinda Cherry building a talking calculator by piping together Unix commands, and a spell checker made from Unix utilities.
1:25:10Revolution OS
208K views • 14 years ago
Von Hash
Revolution OS is a feature-length documentary on the history of free software and Linux. It covers Stallman and the GNU project, Torvalds and the kernel, and Raymond and Perens on open source, starting from the era of freely shared hobbyist code.
Topic match · Linux & open-source ecosystems
10:17Extreme transformer home in Hong Kong: Gary Chang's 24 rooms in 1
2M views • 13 years ago
Kirsten Dirksen
Kirsten Dirksen visits architect Gary Chang's 32 square meter Hong Kong apartment, which he has redesigned over decades. Sliding walls and transformable furniture turn it into 24 different room configurations.
Topic match · Product & industrial design
53:00The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew
16.4M views • 8 months ago
Veritasium
Veritasium tells the story of the XZ backdoor, how a patient attacker became maintainer and nearly compromised SSH on Linux systems. It also covers free software history and how encryption in SSH works.
Topic match · Linux & open-source ecosystems
9:38Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces
33M views • 15 years ago
Kirsten Dirksen
A tour of Christian Schallert's 24 square meter apartment in Barcelona, designed so that it looks like an empty cube until he builds the furniture he needs. Kirsten Dirksen shows how the space is transformed for cooking, sleeping and dressing.
Topic match · Product & industrial design
27:27AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System
2.2M views • 14 years ago
AT&T Tech Channel
A 1982 Bell Labs film hosted by Victor Vyssotsky on the origins and design philosophy of the UNIX operating system, with appearances by Kernighan, Thompson and Ritchie. It shows pipes, filters and a shell one-liner spell checker being built.
9:04Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent
2.4M views • 11 years ago
Chomsky's Philosophy
A nine-minute excerpt from the 1992 documentary Manufacturing Consent in which Noam Chomsky summarizes how corporate media shapes public discourse.
1:18:52The Cannonball Run Countach: Supercar Legend | Full Documentary
6.6M views • 4 years ago
Hagerty Drivers Foundation
A Hagerty documentary on a 1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S and how it ended the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. It tells the story of the illicit race started by Brock Yates and its Hollywood adaptation.
1:32:16Commodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration
140K views • 18 years ago
Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum's 25th anniversary celebration of the Commodore 64, recorded in December 2007, with a panel including Jack Tramiel and Steve Wozniak. It recounts the machine's launch and history.