Showing posts with label Videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Videos. Show all posts
Saturday, April 23, 2011
[Video] Russell Brand Is the Most Eloquent Person Ever.
"Blimey"
Jeremy Vine ends his interview with Russell Brand on the BBC show Newsnight with an appropriate exclamation. Especially considering that his interview with Brand was probably one of the most existential and well thought out, and yet completely genuine interviews I have ever witnessed coming from a celebrity of Brand's caliber.
Absolutely nowhere in this video did Brand exhibit any of the tell-tale insincerity and hubris that we usually find in the upper echelons of the popular elite. And although an American audience might be slightly confused around the middle of the video, as they begin talking about an offensive message that Brand left on Andrew Sachs' answering machine that got him in hot water with some BBC news outlets. Nonetheless this interview can be thoroughly enjoyed even by somebody who knows next to nothing about Russell Brand or British popular culture. I suggest giving it a watch, you might learn something.
Labels:
BBC,
British,
Newsnight,
Popular Culture,
Russell Brand,
Videos
Monday, April 11, 2011
Alternative Voting Explained
You guys remember the video explaining the differences between the UK, Great Britain, and England?
Well this is by the same guy, and continuing this apparent trend, it's a very good and pleasantly explained video.
I love videos like this. Explaining things to people in a simple and easily understandable way is (duh) preferable to having to go through a textbook to understand something.
Of course, like everything, there are flaws. At one point in the video the narrator neglects to explain one of the problems with the Alternative Voting method, passing it off as something only math geeks worry about and moving on.
It's clear that this video is in support of different forms of voting beyond the "FPTP" voting method, but it does seem to come off as a little propaganda-y. That being said, it's still a wonderfully informative video that many people should be privy to.
It seems as though many people are unaware that there are alternative ways for democracy to function, certainly scanning the comments of the YouTube video one can see arguments arising over how "democratic" the AV method is, or how it would be "unamerican" to change the way that voting was done. People do, however, seem to understand that there is some inherent problem in the way that voting works in this country, perhaps that's enough to get them to change their thinking. Perhaps not.
I encourage everybody to share this video with friends, family, neighbors, facebook friends, twitter followers, whatever. The more people that are exposed to alternative ways of doing things, the more debate there can be over them, the better off everything will be. After all, democracy is built upon choice isn't it?
Well this is by the same guy, and continuing this apparent trend, it's a very good and pleasantly explained video.
I love videos like this. Explaining things to people in a simple and easily understandable way is (duh) preferable to having to go through a textbook to understand something.
Of course, like everything, there are flaws. At one point in the video the narrator neglects to explain one of the problems with the Alternative Voting method, passing it off as something only math geeks worry about and moving on.
It's clear that this video is in support of different forms of voting beyond the "FPTP" voting method, but it does seem to come off as a little propaganda-y. That being said, it's still a wonderfully informative video that many people should be privy to.
It seems as though many people are unaware that there are alternative ways for democracy to function, certainly scanning the comments of the YouTube video one can see arguments arising over how "democratic" the AV method is, or how it would be "unamerican" to change the way that voting was done. People do, however, seem to understand that there is some inherent problem in the way that voting works in this country, perhaps that's enough to get them to change their thinking. Perhaps not.
I encourage everybody to share this video with friends, family, neighbors, facebook friends, twitter followers, whatever. The more people that are exposed to alternative ways of doing things, the more debate there can be over them, the better off everything will be. After all, democracy is built upon choice isn't it?
Labels:
Alternative Voting,
Government,
Informative,
Interesting,
Politics,
Videos,
Voting,
YouTube
