Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
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In which John Green attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he meets billionaires, documentary filmmakers, movie producers, global health advocates, and a lot of businesspeople. It all makes him consider the relationship between people and history. Watch the Virtual Reality film Clouds over Sidra on your phone or with google cardboard: https://unitednationsvirtualreality.wordpress.com/ Be on the lookout for Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's brilliant film: http://sharmeenobaidfilms.com/a-girl-in-the-river-nominated-for-an-oscar/ ---- Subscribe to our newsletter! http://nerdfighteria.com/newsletter/ And join the community at http://nerdfighteria.com http://effyeahnerdfighters.com Help transcribe videos - http://nerdfighteria.info John's twitter - http://twitter.com/johngreen John's tumblr - http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com Hank's twitter - http://twitter.com/hankgreen Hank's tumblr - http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com
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0:27 - Casually filming the Norwegian foreign affairs minister.
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i wondee if one day when, a century or more later, when english literature teachers are introducing classic writer John Green to their students, will they ever show them some of these videos? i think that these videos show more about john's personality than his books, and i think that peple would respect john more if they knew how good he is on every single aspect. he is not just a good writer, and not only he has a good style, but also he was very close to his brother, and also had a very good sense of humor, and also cared a lot about the wellness of humanity.
i wonder how the classic writers we study these days. they might have been very nice people and a lot more than the thoughts they allowed themselves to put on paper, but we never had the chance to see any of the real them. -
Ugh. Sounds like a circle jerk; a place to show an egalitarian face while figuring ways to destroy and consume. Radical hope? The fact that hope is a radical position displays the problem. Hell I wish I could walk away with the warm fuzzies, but I'm a realist. A billionaires meeting will not stop the 200,000 year long freight train of fear, greed, devastation, avarice, bloodshed, and oppression that define this world.
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literally if I was asked where I was based like in 1:13 to see my class, I would of asked them, if your so high and mighty then why would you care.
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There is a lot of hope for humanity in such events, but it will all be for nothing if things continue like they do right now. We're right back on track to the middle ages, where a few rich people control and undermine the majority of the population, because they control poltics with money. I really hope for the world that US citizens won't elect Trump, but instead take the last chance this world has, which is Sanders. This will also have a huge impact on Europe, where things like TTIP threaten to make our lives a lot worse.
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I would totally go to a 30 min. seminar called "Virtual Reality: Collisions"
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Sounds like a really interesting and cool conference...wish I could see it up close.
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John, your feet look just like I imagined.
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When are you going to talk about the elections in America
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It took us hundreds of thousands of years to get where we are today. Change is slow but we'll get there eventually. S:
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BERNIE BERNIE BERNEI!
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Thank you for bringing us a part of the world we may never have experienced!
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SNOW! I want snow!
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Why do people want to vote for someone like Donald Trump instead of nerdfighters?
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having billionaires, politicians, etc decide on how we can make the world better for everyone is like having a meeting on feminism an only invite men
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off topic but can I just say that nerdfighter comment sections are one of the most refined, informed and interesting platforms on the Internet and it's an honor to be able to talk to such intelligent and aware people.dftba!
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Wait...let me get this straight. A bunch of billionaires coming together and talking about things in what is, primarily (by your own description) a networking event is "radical hope"? What does that, then, make the rebel organization in a third world country who seeks to cast off the economic oppression imposed on them by those same billionaires?
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Would love if you made a video on money in politics :)
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I've always wanted to hear about Davos from a non-pretentious person, thank you
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I wasn't there, but it looks like rich people in suits on vacation.
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