Andrew Smith English Language Professional

12/04/2022

09/10/2017

This 4 minute video explores enigma of correlation and causation!

The old statistics axiom that correlation doesn’t imply causation is true, but causation can be drawn from more than one correlation. A clever and impressively efficient explainer, this short animation from MinutePhysics clears up a common maths misconception by showing how the concept of causal net...

08/09/2017

An incredible lecture about negotiation from William Ury author of "Getting to yes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrtccgWxrU8

Renowned negotiation expert William Ury visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss his book, "Getting to Yes with Yourself (and Other Worthy Opponents"...

20/07/2017

Where does growth come from? Google talk from Clayton Christensen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdS_4GsKmg

Clayton Christensen is an award-winning Harvard Business School professor and author of five books, including The Innovator's Dilemma, which received the Glo...

25/06/2017

The truthabout sugar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GljwL4KbLTo

An American perspective on Sugar.

25/06/2017

How sugar affects your brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEXBxijQREo

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-sugar-affects-the-brain-nicole-avena When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and ...

19/06/2017

A Darwinian theory of beauty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PktUzdnBqWI

http://www.ted.com TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton's provocative theory on beauty -- that art, music and other beautifu...

19/06/2017

The Power of Outrospection animation here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG46IwVfSu8

Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselv...

19/06/2017

The Power of Outrospection animation here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG46IwVfSu8

05/06/2017

Here is a map of living languages: http://laphamsquarterly.org/communication/maps/living-languages

Facts and figures on the languages of the world.

05/06/2017

Check Frankenstein' nightmare ideas here: http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/discovery/charts-graphs/frankensteins-nightmares

Frankenstein’s Nightmares