PickVidsBest Social issues & culture Videos
The 168 Social issues & culture videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 1 introductory, 3 intermediate, 164 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a commentary. What they share is that something that already happened gets one reading. Channels you will keep seeing include TED, Innuendo Studios, TEDx Talks.
"Debate" American Style: Our Top Orators in Action
A short clip from the 2014 college debate championship, posted by a commentator who criticizes the winning performance as not being a real debate.
新疆 : 新讲 Xinjiang : a New Explanation
A two-minute video compiled by the War on Fear channel about the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Warren Farrell protest at University of Toronto - Full version
Footage of a protest at the University of Toronto against a talk by Warren Farrell on men's issues, including protesters blocking attendees from entering.
Modern Educayshun
Neel Kolhatkar's satirical short film parodies modern education and political correctness.
On Bullsh*t Jobs | David Graeber | Meaningless Jobs | Royal Society of Arts | Lecture
David Graeber's RSA lecture on bullshit jobs, expanding on his essay about why so many people do work they believe is pointless.
A War on Homelessness
A George Carlin stand-up bit proposing a war on homelessness, mocking how every national problem is framed as a war.
Tea and Consent
A short animation from Thames Valley Police that explains sexual consent by comparing it to offering someone a cup of tea.
Barack Obama takes on 'woke' call-out culture: 'That's not activism'
A Guardian clip of Barack Obama at the Obama Foundation summit saying that call-out culture is not activism and that casting stones will not bring change.
Cars Are A Disaster For Society -- Here Are the Numbers
CityNerd's Ray Delahanty tallies the personal costs of driving and then the externalities that car dependency imposes on everyone else, with numbers for each.
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Screws up on Trans Kids' Care
Rebecca Watson's video critiquing physicist Sabine Hossenfelder's earlier video on gender care for transgender minors, arguing it mishandled the evidence.
Rolling Coal On Protesters Compilation 🔴 (BlackLivesMatter, Trump Haters, Tree Huggers)
A compilation of clips of diesel truck drivers rolling coal, blasting black exhaust smoke, at protesters.
The China they DON'T want you to SEE!
A video by expat YouTuber serpentza about animal-eating practices and hygiene in China, presented as showing what the country's authorities do not want seen.
Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters
Satirist Ami Horowitz interviews people at UC Berkeley and in Harlem about whether voter ID laws suppress the black vote.
George Carlin "The American Dream" Best 3 Minutes of His Career
A three-minute clip of George Carlin's bit on the American dream, arguing that the owners of the country do not want an educated population capable of critical thinking.
IDIOCRACY Opening Scene (2006) Mike Judge
The opening scene of the 2006 film Idiocracy, which explains in a short montage how average intelligence declines as less intelligent people have more children.
HP computers are racist
A short 2009 amateur video showing an HP MediaSmart webcam whose face tracking follows a white face but fails to track a black face.
Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs - Part 1 Male Perpetrators
A Pop Culture Detective video essay on how jokes about men sexually assaulting other men are common in entertainment media.
The Truth About Homelessness in San Francisco
A short documentary by Christopher Rufo presenting a conservative account of homelessness, addiction and public disorder in San Francisco.
Devil Wears Prada - Cerulean Top
A two-minute clip from The Devil Wears Prada in which Miranda Priestly explains how the cerulean color of a casual sweater traces back through runway designers to the bargain bin.
Bernie Sanders: "Open borders? That's a Koch brothers proposal"
A short clip of Bernie Sanders in conversation with Ezra Klein of Vox, where he rejects open borders as a proposal that serves the Koch brothers.
3D-Printed Home Can Be Constructed For Under $4,000
A short Insider Tech video on New Story and ICON building 3D-printed homes that can go up in under 24 hours for around $4,000.
The Alt-Right Playbook: Never Play Defense
Innuendo Studios' video essay in the Alt-Right Playbook series argues that bad-faith actors force opponents to defend their positions, so the way to avoid their trap is to never play defense.
why Japan's internet is weirdly designed
Answer in Progress investigates why Japanese websites look different from those elsewhere, using an AI clustering approach to test the 2013 claim.
Charlottesville: The True Alt-Right
A long video essay examining the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, with footage and commentary on the neo-Nazi participants.