TED Talks

http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html
- Fascinating video giving images to support surprising data
http://www.ted.com/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news.html
- Short video mapping how Americans perceive the news
http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html
- Discussion that explains why we live in the most peaceful period of man’s history; good review
http://longnews.org/
-10 minute video tracking 100 years of global history (warning: most of the history isn’t happy…)