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Let's take a step back, or Ten
Written By hthth on Dec. 12, 2007.
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Not my first Note on a Powers of Ten type video; zooming from subatomic levels to the edges of galaxies. They'd be a mandatory, bimonthly watch if I was in charge.
This one is by Charles and Ray Eames. They died in '78 and '88, respectively, and thus I suspect this is the clip that introduced such 'epic zooming' to visualize relative sizes and distances.
JoeLencioni
Written Dec. 12, 2007 / Report /
Sweet video. You get points.
Nils
Written Dec. 12, 2007 / Report /
Same here.
Someone asked me once isn't the sun a planet?
These vids would be mandatory and weekly if I was in charge!
hthth
Written Dec. 12, 2007 / Report /
Yeah, it's damn good. Gotta love the size of the Universe ;)
Thanks for the points!
RightOn
Written Dec. 12, 2007 / Report /
I got in a fight with my 11 year old sister-in-law last night when she was yelling at the TV hoping school was closed.
Why did we breed a generation of hopeless morons? School is for losers, reading is stupid, and being smart is NOT COOL. WOW there's a way to get ahead in life!
hthth
Written Apr. 25, 2008 / Report /
My brother recently described high-school [age≈13-16] school as it was 30 years ago. It's unbelievable (I'm much younger than he is). Back then it was cool to participate in a formal student organization (part of the system). The behaviorally good- & smart students were the coolest.
I don't know about you, but I've only witnessed a captain of a football team be cool and admired in American films. My reality in school was unfortunately the beginning of a reversal; I'm not sure how it is now, I think it has calmed a bit. I'm hoping it's part of a wave that oscillates to anti-social behavior after a period of high discipline (middle ages to ... 1980?); and eventually reaches an equilibrium.
Being smart is cool. The smart ones know it.
....But unfortunately their opinion isn't considered cool.
hthth
Written Apr. 25, 2008 / Report /
And yeah, I revitalized this Note because it's mandatory Powers of Ten time now! Everybody viddy well, viddy well.