tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:244784 packbat packbat 2010-08-24T16:44:59Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:244784:289843 2010-08-24T16:44:59Z 2010-08-24T16:44:59Z geeky public 0 Via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://egypturnash.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://egypturnash.dreamwidth.org/'><b>egypturnash</b></a></span>. Video is a bit monotonous for first two minutes, but the wait is worth it.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3uk_viH4Unw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3uk_viH4Unw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=packbat&ditemid=289843" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-03:244784:283214 2010-04-07T00:57:05Z 2010-04-07T00:57:05Z contemplative public 0 Via <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://roaminrob.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif' alt='[livejournal.com profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='17' height='17'/></a><a href='http://roaminrob.livejournal.com/'><b>roaminrob</b></a></span>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/wonderingmind42#grid/user/6A1FD147A45EF50D">Arithmetic, Population, and Energy by Dr. Albert A. Bartlett</a>, uploaded in eight parts. ~75 minutes.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY">Part One</a>.<br /><br />I've posted some links because I was curious about your opinion; this one I think is important, clear, and convincing. Unfortunately, I don't see a good way of summarizing it - wonderingmind42, who uploaded it, did a pretty iffy job with the title, in my book - but I'll try: the lecture is about the nature of steady percentage growth (e.g. 7%/year) and the policy implications that come out of the arithmetic. You don't need anything more than multiplication and division to follow the reasoning - the most difficult calculation is for the doubling time, and that goes<br /><br />years to double = 70 / % growth per year<br /><br />which is accurate to one part in twenty for any growth rate up to 12%/year.<br /><br />I think it's worth at least 90 minutes of your time - 75 minutes is a steal at the price.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=packbat&ditemid=283214" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments