Wednesday, September 9

Billion$ and Billion$

So, I've got this video I want you to see. It talks about 8 billion dollars, and then 20 billion dollars.

But before watching it, please watch these two videos:

#1 Obama proposed a $100 million budget cut. This video puts that into perspective, using pennies -- something children can understand.

#2. After being criticized for the nearly meaninglyess $100 million cut, Obama came out with a new proposal for $17 billion in "cuts". This video puts that into perspective, using toothpicks -- something children can understand. At the same time reveals why "cut" doesn't mean "cut".

Finally, the video I mainly want you to see which I got excited about, by TED, which is a meeting of genius inventors and technologists who get together and give presentations.

1 Comments:

At 8:55 PM, Blogger Kimber said...

For a water snob like me and having been to a country where I was a bit paranoid about the water and it was even pretty clear looking (aka: I couldn't see what was floating in it) . . . I'm ready to order! Thanks for the info.

And I love the penny video. Great clarification :)

 

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