Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them.

3 min · 342,205 views

The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time

Carl Sagan narrates the story of the Pale Blue Dot, the one place we all call home.

4 min · 340,657 views

Have You Heard of The Great Forgetting? It Happened 10,000 Years Ago & Completely Affects Your Life

(Excerpted from the book, The Story of B) With every audience and every individual, I have to begin by making them see that the cultural self-awareness we inherit from our parents and pass on to our children is squarely and solidly built on a Great Forgetting tha

Daniel Quinn · 339,078 views

I Promise, It's Not Lame to Ask a Woman for Permission

Six years ago, Dave Booda was accused of rape. He didn't defend himself - instead, here's what happened.

Dave Booda · 337,286 views

Real Underground Kingdom That Has Existed for Millions of Years Went Unnoticed, Until Recently...

28 Stunning Photos Of The World’s Largest Cave

Kid Krunk · 326,686 views

15 Easy Things You Can Do to Help When You Feel Like Shit

You don’t have to tackle it all at once.

Maritsa Patrinos · 324,335 views

90 Inspiring, Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways

The world today is in crisis. Everybody knows that. But what is driving this crisis? It's a story, a story that is destroying the world. It's a story about our relationship to the world and to other humans, but we take this story for granted. We don't even see it as a story...

Tim Hjersted · 318,854 views

Why Does Our Culture Focus So Much on Childbirth and So Little on The Time After?

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett examines how other cultures protect new mothers’ well-being.

Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett · 312,788 views

What It Really Means to Hold Space for Someone

How to be there for the people who need you most

Heather Plett · 311,274 views

Unbelievable Photos Show Factory Farms Destroying The American Countryside

Food production has become a race for maximum efficiency. When it comes to producing meat, whether chicken, beef, or pork, that race has fallen at the feet of the so-called factory farm and its hallmark feature — the feedlot. Feedlots, officially called

Harrison Jacobs · 310,942 views

The Disease of Being Busy

I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: “I’m so busy… I am so busy… have so much going on.”

Omid Safi · 304,728 views

Free Trade Explained In An Excellent Comic

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are the latest in a long line of international free trade agreements. But why are they bad for the majority of people and the...

Michael Goodwin, Illustrated by Dan E. Burr · 301,371 views

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

It’s really hard to talk about guns and gun violence, primarily due to the fact that the NRA has spent an insane amount of money brainwashing American citizens with catchy bumper-sticker type slogans that sound logical, but fall apart upon careful examination.

Michael E Sparks · 296,684 views

The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think

It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned -- and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments. This story is so deeply ingrained in our minds that we take it for...

Johann Hari · 294,083 views

Earthlings (2005)

EARTHLINGS is a feature-length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called "non-human providers."

95 min · 290,842 views

MP Says Government is Intentionally Making People Destitute to Prevent Organised Opposition

Mhairi Black says the Tories' system of benefit sanctions is designed to victimise the most vulnerable in society. The SNP MP says the regime costs more to administer than it saves, makes those using it more likely to fall into hardship - and shifts blame from those who...

2 min · 289,485 views

13 Images Showing The Extent Of Israel's Palestinian Apartheid

These graphics are all from Visualizing Palestine, a site dedicated to creating informative and impactful graphics about the occupied region. Check out many more of these images on their site

Salim · 285,558 views

Why Do so Many People Get Lost in Drugs Instead of Making a Life That You Don't Need to Escape From?

"I believe, inherently, that the structures of society are driving us mad. Though most of us believe ourselves to be fairly well-adjusted, healthy individuals, we are all patients in the asylum together now."

Tim Hjersted · 276,846 views

I AM (2010)

I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better?

77 min · 263,743 views

18 Empowering Illustrations to Remind Everyone Who's Really in Charge of Women's Bodies

When Brazilian graphic designer Carol Rossetti began posting colorful illustrations of women and their stories to

Julianne Ross · 257,496 views

The 6 Grand Illusions That Keep Us Enslaved

For a magician to fool his audience his deceit must go unseen, and to this end he crafts an illusion to avert attention from reality. While the audience is entranced, the deceptive act is committed, and for the fool, reality then becomes inexplicably built upon on a lie. That...

Sigmund Fraud · 251,546 views

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

How do you like to spend your life? What do you desire? What if money didn't matter? What if money was no object? What would you like to do if money were no object?

3 min · 246,636 views

The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose

Of all the great myths of contemporary life, one of the most toxic is positivity. It says: there are negative and positive emotions, and only the positive ones are worth feeling, having, expressing. Here’s why it’s really, really bad for us. If You Don’t Feel Your Pain, It...

umair haque · 246,176 views

On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom

“In Wildness is the preservation of the World.” Thoreau says it in “Walking,” and Jack Turner, in his exquisite collection of essays, The Abstract Wild, questions how many of us have any idea what it means. P

Carol Black · 245,342 views

The Corporation (2003)

The Corporation is today's dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the modern business corporation and the increasing role it plays in society and our everyday lives.

145 min · 240,906 views

Born Sexy Yesterday: A Hollywood Movie Trope That Maybe Needs to Die

"This video essay is about a gendered trope that has bothered me for years but didn’t have a name, so I gave it one: Born Sexy Yesterday. It's a science fiction convention in which the mind of a naive, yet highly skilled, girl is written into the body of a mature sexualized...

18 min · 240,854 views

Before the Flood (2016)

Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.

95 min · 236,973 views

The Next Time Someone Responds to "Black Lives Matter" with "All Lives Matter" Send Them This

Imagine that you're sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don't get any. So you say "I should get my fair share." And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, "everyone should get their fair...

GeekAesthete · 236,923 views

Depression Is a Disease of Civilization: Hunter-Gatherers Hold the Key to the Cure

Depression is a global epidemic. It is the main driver behind suicide, which now claims more than a million lives per year worldwide. One in four Americans will suffer from clinical depression within their lifetimes, and the rate is increasing with every generation.

Sara Burrows · 236,395 views

Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

There is a classified America we were never meant to see. From Academy Award®-winning writer/director Oliver Stone, this ten-part documentary series looks back at human events that at the time went under reported, but that crucially shaped America's unique and complex history...

570 min · 235,998 views

This Painting Captures a Disturbing Truth about the History of Our Education System

The truth is chilling. But it is a history we should never forget.

2 min · 231,547 views

Sweden's Feminist Foreign Minister Has Dared to Tell the Truth About Saudi Arabia. What Happens Now Concerns Us All

Margot Wallström’s principled stand deserves wide support. Betrayal seems more likely

Nick Cohen · 226,999 views

Food Inc. (2008)

For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap, and tasty. Food, Inc. examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact.

93 min · 226,862 views

A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN

An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans Stop. Just stop. It is no longer a request. It is a mandate. We will help you. We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a halt We will stop the planes the trains the schools the malls the meetings the frenetic...

4 min · 224,622 views

The Demoralized Mind

Western consumer culture is creating a psycho-spiritual crisis that leaves us disoriented and bereft of purpose. How can we treat our sick culture and make ourselves well? asks John F Schumaker

John Schumaker · 224,119 views

Profit Is Theft: It Sounds Absurd but Here's Why

Take a look at this info-graphic. The disparity is absurd, and the 99% does need a raise. But while we're fighting for 15, we need to look beyond raising the minimum wage, as it doesn't get us anywhere close to solving the root problem.

Tim Hjersted · 223,157 views

This Is What Every Young Girl Can Expect to be Bombarded with for a Lifetime, Condensed Into 1 Min

Parents, friends, and teachers alike - talk to girls before the beauty industry does. A powerful and concise message that communicates the destructive effect the ad and beauty industry has on society.

1 min · 217,171 views

ENOUGHNESS: Restoring Balance to the Economy in the Most Awesome Way Ever

How we see the world determines how we act. Western thought sees us at war with each other over resources. In Indigenous philosophy, we are all related as individuals in balance with nature. This video juxtaposes these two world views and delivers some startling facts.

5 min · 214,000 views

This Zen Comic Is Full of Timeless Life Lessons

Desiderata poem by Max Ehrmann beautifully illustrated by Gavin Aung Than

Gavin Aung Than · 211,324 views

15 Powerful Quotes From the World's Most Humble President

"Modest yet bold, liberal and fun-loving." Naming Uruguay the country of the year in 2013, the Economist may very well have described the rising nation's head of state, President José "Pepe" Mujica. Known for his unusual frankness, fiery oration

Hyacinth Mascarenhas · 209,289 views

Occupy Your Mind: On Power, Knowledge, and the Re-Occupation of Common Sense

One of the most profound changes that occurs when modern schooling is introduced into traditional societies around the world is a radical shift in the locus of power and control over learning from children, families, and communities to ever more centralized systems of authority.

Carol Black · 206,332 views

What Humans Are Really Doing to Our Planet, in 19 Jaw-Dropping Images

Last week, Pope Francis and church officials encouraged everyone to consume less and think more about our impact on the environment.

Michael McCutcheon · 203,520 views

This is One of the Most Powerful Music Videos Ever Made

Official video for Ahmed by Lowkey ft. Mai Khalil contains devastating truths about war, migration and the underlying systemic issues that surround them.

5 min · 202,953 views

Ten Ways We Misunderstand Children

1. We expect children to be able to do things before they are ready.

Jan Hunt · 202,294 views

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Plutocracy, by filmmaker Scott Noble, is the first documentary series to comprehensively examine early American history through the lens of class.

560 min · 200,197 views

Gabor Mate on the Myth of Normal

Physician Dr. Gabor Mate began his interview by addressing the 'myth of normal' that divides us into the normal and the abnormal with pathological traits. Dr. Mate mentions that he doesn't see a division, but a continuum where mental distress, of some degree, is present in...

4 min · 197,436 views

How Prison Labor Is the New American Slavery and Most of Us Unknowingly Support It

If you buy products or services from any of the 50 companies listed below (and you likely do), you are supporting modern American slavery

Sara Burrows · 196,916 views

Brilliant Comic of Banksy's Call To Arms Against Advertisers

Gavin Aung Than · 196,858 views

Bertrand Russell & Buckminster Fuller on Why We Should Work Less, and Live & Learn More

Why must we all work long hours to earn the right to live? Why must only the wealthy have access to leisure, aesthetic pleasure, self-actualization…?

Josh Jones · 192,373 views

Swedish Band 'The Knife' Nail Central Flaw of The UN's Sustainable Development Goals

Brilliant satirical comic imagines what policy would look like if the UN focused on eliminating extreme wealth.

Liv Strömquist · 190,815 views

Have We Been Denying Our Human Nature for Four Hundred Years?

Eurocentric modernism has unhinged us from our human nature, argues Rajani Kanth in his new book

Lynn Parramore · 190,189 views

Why It's Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound

The issue at the core of women’s empowerment is the mother wound

Bethany Webster · 188,879 views

Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)

Would any sane person think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler, or that composting would have ended slavery or brought about the eight-hour workday; or that chopping wood and carrying water would have gotten people out of Tsarist prisons; or that dancing around a fire...

11 min · 186,515 views

Joanna Macy on How to Prepare Internally for WHATEVER Comes Next

“Yes, it looks bleak. But you are still alive now. You are alive with all the others, in this present moment. And because the truth is speaking in the work, it unlocks the heart. And there’s such a feeling and experience of adventure. It’s like a trumpet call to a great...

Joanna Macy · 185,935 views

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 30 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Our present moment is saturated in dystopian, apocalyptic fantasies of the future.

Films For Action · 185,465 views

Understanding Patriarchy

Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “patriarchy” in everyday life. Most men never think about patriarchy—what it means, how it is created and sustained. Many men in...

bell hooks · 182,869 views

The Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy

What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.

3 min · 178,179 views

Sicko (2007)

The words "health care" and "comedy" aren't usually found in the same sentence, but in Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore's new movie 'SiCKO,' they go together hand in (rubber) glove.

123 min · 176,889 views

Why French Kids Don't have ADHD

In the United States, at least 9% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than 0.5%. How come the epidemic of ADHD—which has become firmly...

Marilyn Wedge · 175,729 views

Survival Of The Nicest? A Theory Of Our Origins Says Cooperation-Not Competition-Is Instinctive

A century ago, industrialists like Andrew Carnegie believed that Darwin’s theories justified an economy of vicious competition and inequality. They left us with an ideological legacy that says the corporate economy, in which wealth concentrates in the hands of a few, produces...

Eric Michael Johnson · 175,428 views

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