Tirole's Nobel Lecture

Jean Tirole's 2014 Nobel Economics Prize lecture is masterful: clear; concise; simple, but not simplistic. He starts at 3:45:

Notes and Neurons

Bobby McFerrin demonstrating the intuitive power of the pentatonic scale at the World Science Festival 2009:

Justice with Michael Sandel

"This is a course about justice and we begin with a story. Suppose you're the driver of a trolley car..."

Michael Sandel's introduction to his 12-part series on moral philosophy. 

From A to Kay

Points of View, which is available for free online, is a fascinating collection of essays written to celebrate Alan Kay's 70th birthday. The list of contributors is diverse, to say the least, and includes: Leonard Kleinrock, John Sculley, Nicholas Negroponte, Vint Cerf, Bob Lucky, Quincy Jones, Gordon Bell and Danny Hillis. Like I said: fascinating and diverse. A bit like Alan Kay himself.

Jamie's Classroom

For anyone interested in teaching and learning, Jamie's Oliver's new TV show is fascinating. Robert Winston, in particular, is good, very good. I think the secret, if secret it be, is really just one thing: passion.