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Ray Dalio, he’s one of the most famous investors in the world, and just a few weeks ago, he released a 43-minute summary video of his latest book, which is Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order. But what’s crazy is that video has already am…

In this video, we’re going to think about how fractions can be used to represent things in the real world. So, here we’re told that on the sharks dive team, there are three divers. In third grade, there are eight total divers on the team. What fraction of…

When I was 21 years old, I found myself in the Gobi Desert, and that’s when I first came across these amazing nomadic people. So, I came up with this idea that I too could get up on a horse and ride all the way from Mongolia to the edge of the steppe in H…

In 2010, around 40,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States. Quantifying the importance and meaning of individual human life in a single statistic is impossible, but that number might already seem high, especially if you knew one of those …

The central figure in Christianity is clearly Jesus, but it’s important to note that he does not establish the religion all by himself. In fact, at the time of his crucifixion and according to Christian beliefs—resurrection and ascension—the number of fol…

[Music] It’s impossible to spend time with animals and not walk away feeling that something else is going on in there. I’m very passionate about trying to tell a story about animal intelligence, so this assignment with National Geographic on avalanche dog…