The Crisis of Distraction

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Governmental promotion of obesity

Following on Peter Attia’s lecture from earlier this week, Gary Taubes lucidly explains in ten minutes how bad science led to poor governmental policy on nutrition.

Sixty Years of Nutritional Ambiguity

When you have a spare hour, this Peter Attia, M.D. lecture on how dubious governmental dietary policies arose from research that was not based on well-controlled science is well worth a listen.

Dr. Peter Attia: The limits of scientific evidence and the ethics of dietary guidelines — 60 years of ambiguity from Peter Attia on Vimeo.

Beethoven and disruptive technologies

This is Our Planet

Croatia-based photographer Tomislav Safundžic provides a remarkable trip around Earth through use of photos taken on the International Space Station. Enjoy.

This is Our Planet from Tomislav Safundžić on Vimeo.