Class Videos: "CURIOSITY - Featuring Richard Feynman"; "The Preciousness of Time: A Stephen Hawking Tribute"; "Bertrand Russell - Message to Future Generations (1959)"

 Video link: CURIOSITY - Featuring Richard Feynman


I had to watch this video a few times before I could actually grasp its message because I kept on getting too engrossed in the quality of the video. From an artist's perspective, this video was an absolute masterpiece, from the transitions to the effects and even the music.

As for the actual lesson, my main takeaway is that curiosity truly is something amazing and can breed countless innovations. I may not be on the same level as Richard Feynman as I'm not quite as interested in math and science as he was but I'm still a human being and inherently curious and I believe that that curiosity can open doors.


Video link: The Preciousness of Time: A Stephen Hawking Tribute


Once again, absolutely stunning video, but while the visuals were beautiful, I was actually more focused on the narration this time. There's something about Stephen Hawking's quote "Our destiny is in the stars" that stood out to me but that could just be my astronomy obsession talking.

The messages in this video really resonated with me. The passing of time is something quite scary to me and I often feel like I have to be productive every single second of every single day so that my existence isn't a waste of time. Because of this, I tend to feel really depressed on days where I don't do much and I often refuse to allow myself to rest. But this video sort of struck something within me. The way I interpreted it is that it's okay to take your time as long as you spend it doing something that fuels your curiosity and that time is something precious that gives birth to new generations that will carry on the future.


Video link: Bertrand Russell - Message to Future Generations (1959)


This video immediately stood out to me because of how different it is from the other two we watched. While the others incorporated art and music with the messages they were attempting to convey, this one was just someone saying what they wanted to say flat-out. While I'm always a sucker for something flashy and artsy, I almost feel like the way this video just gets straight to the point might even be more impactful.

That being said, I thought that Bertrand Russell's statements were actually quite basic but still hold true.

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