How to shut up a marxist (Jordan Peterson speech) [Video]
Snippet from a speech given by Professor Jordan B Peterson at the University of Toronto, during an event organized by the group.
The 1751 machine that made everything
A short video on how technological innovation born of economic liberty has changed the world. History is more than dates, places and battles. In many instances it’s technological advances that change the world for the betterment of all mankind. In this case it’s the story of French inventor Jacques de Vaucanson and his creation in France of the first all metal slide rest lathe, the forerunner to all modern machine tools in 1751. Lathes had been around for centuries, but lacked the precision with hand held cutting tool s. The slide rest of the Vaucanson metal lathe that provided the control to produce metal part of exacting dimensions. The lathe is said to be able to produce every other machine and machine tool. This advancement changed everything. The producer of the video references a profound chart of World Population GCP and per Capita GCP 1 –2008 AD from data of the late Angus Maddison, similar to this produced by the Visual Capitalist , we credit them f...
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