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Uploaded on Jun 23, 2008

http://www.ted.com Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

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  • fisheatsteel

    what does this have to do with politics? that's what you've made it into. All because they are facts and statistics that you don't want to hear so you call it "propaganda". freedom of speech DOES allow you to disagree with people but you do it in such a way that you are saying, "I'M RIGHT, YOU'RE WRONG". that's ignorance.

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  • billyg89

    This guy is awesome! wow. he's possibly the most moral artist out there by simply using statistics and art.

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  • Cassius Hamm

    Ms Jost is a BITCH

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  • MsDenyaa

    hes amazing. shhhhh

    

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  • krb3141

    I wish he'd take a drink of water.

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  • crudhousefull

    I like that the guy is driven, but you need to compare what's happening as a ratio to get a good understanding of he importance of the problem. People don't need to get more stressed...if anything they need to be less stressed!

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  • warrior4just

    and how did u prophesize that ? the world is simple, is the ppl tha try to make it complicated "as in gray". rules r the essence to mitigating chaos.

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  • djblendfan890

    Wow this guy went to my school to visit my art class today he's pretty cool :D

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  • OtacontheOtaku

    It's actually both you idiots. The world is shades of gray, not black and fucking white.

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  • OtacontheOtaku

    Please don't push naive Utopian ideals. Human nature has proven time and time again that Utopian societies, especially one as misguided as the Venus Project, cannot work.

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  • OtacontheOtaku

    It's clearly someone who doesn't have any kind of educational background. Don't feed that trolls :/

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