Category Archives: Society

Analysis: Will We Be Eating Insects Soon? (Economist)

By 2050 there could be 10 billion human mouths to feed. Eating insects could help solve the global food-supply problem.

Video timeline: 00:0000:47 How to feed our growing population 00:4703:23 The potential of insects 03:2305:31 Eating cricket powder in Madagascar 05:3106:30 Madagascar’s climate change famine 06:3008:00 Cricket farming in Africa 08:0011:30 Expanding insect production 11:3012:20 Insects: a green solution? 12:2013:12 Will insects become a staple?

Read more here: https://econ.st/3fTILxA

Fast Food: How Chicken Took Over America (CNBC)

Chick-fil-A has long dominated the chicken sandwich category in fast food. After Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen launched its own version of the chicken sandwich, other fast food chains like Wendy’s, McDonalds and Shake Shack got into the battle. Here’s how chicken took over America.

Cities: Dubai’s Radical 2040 Urban Master Plan (Video)

The Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan maps out a comprehensive plan for a sustainable urban development in Dubai. It focuses on enhancing people’s happiness and quality of life and reinforcing Dubai as a global destination for citizens, residents and visitors over the next 20 years.  

The plan has a strategic structural layout, integrating all urban development master plans in the emirate and aligned it with Dubai’s strategic economic priorities and the needs of the future.

Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan is the seventh development plan for the emirate since 1960. Between 1960 and 2020, the population of Dubai has multiplied 80 times from 40,000 in 1960 to 3.3 million while the urban and built area of the emirate increased 170-fold from 3.2 square km.

Analysis: Threats To U.S. Democracy, Pandemic Economies, Video Games

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how to think about the threat to American democracywhich economies have done best and worst during the pandemic (10:33) and whether video games really are addictive (17:34).

Cities: Why Los Angeles Traffic Is So Bad (CNBC)

Los Angeles consistently ranks among the most traffic-clogged cities in America. The county has been trying to reduce its traffic for decades and nothing has worked. Many researchers and economists suggest charging people for using the road in a system called congestion pricing

Previews: New York Times Magazine – December 26

Education: Can Science Help Poor Kids Earn More?

The wide gap in development between rich and poor children could be closed with the help of neuroscience. Might a controversial focus on genetics also help? Film supported by @Mishcon de Reya LLP

Video timeline: 00:00– The achievement gap between rich and poor kids 00:55 – Words matter in childhood development 03:16 – Conversation can combat childhood inequality 05:09 – Can genetics help close the achievement gap? 07:30 – Genetics can be controversial

Cinematic Travel: Streets & Colors Of India (4K UHD)

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world.

@Oculus Films presents incredible India cinematography 4k film 60fps travel video shot on Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K BMPCC4K and various other best cinema cameras showcasing Indians’ lifestyles, India street tour, slum areas of India, festivals of India for example Indian Holi, colors of India, Indian streets and streets’ lives, Indian villages, Indian cultures, Indian railway, India vegetable and meat markets, Indian kids, India time lapses and many more.

Video timeline: 0:00 Starts 0:06 India Shores and Beaches 0:29 India Railways and Streets’ Lifestyles 0:43 India Vegetables Markets 0:59 India Meat Markets 1:08 India Holi Festival 1:36 India Tarpa Music Instrument 1:49 Indian Lifestyles 2:28 India Factories and Mills 2:58 Indian Classic Dance 3:19 Indian Kids 3:35 Indian Village Lifestyle 4:30 Indian Street and India Streets’ Lifestyles and Indian Families 5:35 Colors of India ( Indian Festivals and Indian Religious Events ) 5:49 India Roads and India Time lapse

Urban Analysis: The Rise & Problems Of Megacities

By 2050, 6 billion people could be living in megacities. How should the challenges caused by rapid urbanization be handled in the world ahead? Film supported by @Mission Winnow

Video timeline: 00:00: What are megacities? 01:01: The problem with megacities 03:07: How is Ahmedabad tackling rapid urbanisation? 04:45: How can cities manage traffic? 07:04: The problem with waste 08:00: How is Recycle Central revolutionizing trash? 10:58: What are the most urgent issues to resolve?