This is wonderful. Arun Gandhi tells a story about his grandfather making him search for hours in the dark for a pencil he threw in the grass because it was getting very small after being sharpened many many times. Gandhi (Mohandas) tells him to think about all of the people who worked so hard to make that pencil for him to use. The lesson was to be mindful and grateful for all we have, and to never waste what we have because it is a disservice to those who worked so hard to provide it for us. What an important lesson for American Society!
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... and I want to thank this speaker for giving us all this beautiful talk and reminder, and his child for reminding him who couldn't hear the dinner table thank you's.
Great idea! It’s funny how we’ve forgotten wisdom that has been around for so long. A couple thousand years ago Paul wrote: “Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].” PHILIPPIANS 4:8
This may be unrelated but in an anime shortened for fma, this guy was turned immortal against his will at the cost of thousands of people and their souls from henceforth dwelled within him. He could still hear them and so over the years, the learned all of their names and identities
Thanks. I thought I had a really bad day. But I had delicious egg tarts, salmon and ice-cream today. I even watched great videos including this one! Many thanks!
SN Project tbh I didn’t watch the video, this is just the thought that occurred to me when I saw the video, so I shared it and it seems like others agree... but yes, my soul is black as the void, thank you for noticing.
Milton Friedman gave this speech decades ago talking about a pencil. These examples demonstrate how amazing free trade and decentralized economies are and how they can bring happiness and prosperity to so many people along the way. Chalk up another victory for capitalism and freedom over socialism and control.
Still, capitalism is not heaven. A J Jacobs said himself that the brothers who cultivate the coffe cherry would earn more in fair trade prices. Imagine those who have to suffer to produce their coffee, don't earn much as the Guarnizo brothers and still didn't receive a "thank you" of the consumers they reach. Along capitalism is greed and it doesn't give prosperity to everyone. This doen't mean I am socialist, I just don't worship capitalism as a perfect system. English is not my native language, so in case I committed any grammar mistake, just warn me.
This is our reality, oddly seldom realized. Hope it goes viral. And he is funny too :P When we feel alone, we our rather wrong, and probably just in the wrong place or hidden in our room. nb: where I live, in Quebec City, I am considered "poor" because I have a minimal income, but I tell people the truth: I have running drinkable water, including hot water on demand, enough food (I even have to avoid over-eating), two computers (work/gaming), etc. I am in a rich country and quite privileged (while plenty of people suffer, to say the least. Social exclusion does exist mind you and is the poverty many experience in richer countries).
Ps: And he made it a simple cute presentation, because the entire array of people, including passed away researchers, designers or happenstance trailblazers, behind almost all things we own is epic.
I wish those who avoid paying their taxes (also known as the rich) would appreciate the sentiment of this video as may be then they'd realise how paying their taxes makes the world function better and since everything they do uses things that are a result of others paying their taxes, they should appreciate it and pay their taxes too.
Everyone has 24 hours to a day, which analytically speaking, every human being could do this if the reward was worth it. If I’m not mistaken, the reward was for self gratification to ultimately help the world be more grateful. Expectations were low I’d imagine for compensation. The most attractive component IMO is the potential to reach the world. 💯
Excellent question, according to Alexa, Why is the most difficult question to ask. I don’t know yet but what I do know is that some people who I starting to care for suffer from anxiety and depression to a degree. I’m hoping they are directed here at some point and get something out of my view on this video. There is hope to be more than a statistic. It was worth the time I spent on it. Thank you for asking.
Caffeination is consuming caffeine, such as drinking coffee. "Pre" means "before," so "precaffeination" means "before consuming caffeine." He's saying that the people hadn't had their coffee yet, with the implication that they would be grumpy because of that.
I don't see how nationalism out of line with being grateful, international trade is not an act of gratitude, its just pragmatic. And Jingoism is antithetical to isolationism, not synonymous, don't use words that you don't understand in speeches. Otherwise decent human interest talk.
He said, and i can relate, that just paying without even looking made the barista feel like a bending machine. If the only things that you hear from your customers are the complains it becomes a really awful and depressing environment and you start to believe that no one appreciate what you do. If you complain when things go wrong, please be grateful when things are done right.
For those US cannot make, globlization is OK. Otherwise, globlization ruins US industries, as US high salary workers cannot compite with other countries'.
Does the presenter have soy in his coffee, or were all the gruesome home truths about the violence and brutality toward animals that go into making that coffee get conveniently omitted from his journey of gratitude? Of all the things one can't live without, a coffee is surely quite far down the list among other various trivialities. The end of the video discusses clean water supply....Perhaps a better idea would have been thanking everyone involved in providing us with clean running drinking water, which isn't trivial, doesn't necessarily require horrific violence toward animals and their young, and might have made for an inspiring talk.
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That's nice AJ Jacobs, but did you pay them to make up for the labor garnished from them by the system of capital so they might have a fundamentally better life? I mean, I wouldn't mind a thank you; but some money goes a lot further than some upper-middle class guy showing off how woke he is. My current lot in life is still unchanged by it.
I'd like to know what you mean by "labor garnished...capital(ism?)" Are you talking about taxes? Or people having their wages garnished because they owe debt (and it's capitalism's fault?).
Follow many Favorite few - Wages as a form of theft of labor. At every stage of this person's journey someone made more off of those people working than they were paid in wages. The full value of the work being done by these people is not being paid out. It's a greater theft than taxes.