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Winner: RSA / Nominet Trust Short Film Competition: Food Rules for Healthy People and Planet

Award-winning food writer Michael Pollan shows how we can become more mindful of what we eat, and how we can make food choices that are better for ourselves and our environment.

8 Feb 2012

A simple illustration of a tractor with a brown outline and two red tomatoes as wheels, set on a green hill with a light background.

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Runner-up: RSA / Nominet Trust Short Film Competition: Food Rules for Healthy People and Planet

This film came second in the RSA / Nominet Trust Film Competition Award 2012. It was from this competition that the RSA Shorts series was born.

8 Feb 2012

A cube-shaped cartoon character with beige skin and light hair has a surprised expression. It has a red triangular nose and a red open mouth. The background is a plain peach color.

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RSA Animate – The Divided Brain

Renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society.

24 Oct 2011

Cartoon of a man holding a brain with three monkeys beside him covering their eyes, ears, and mouth. Text above reads "Iain McGilchrist The Divided Brain & The Making of the Western World." Speech bubbles highlight avoidance of brain division discussion.

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RSA Animate – Choice

Professor Renata Salecl explores the paralysing anxiety and dissatisfaction surrounding limitless choice. Does the freedom to be the architects of our own lives actually hinder rather than help us?

30 Jun 2011

Illustration depicting the "Paradox of Choice" by Renata Salecl. People stand on a crumbling "Communism" wall, holding signs for rights and choices. A car and building with a woman in the window are visible.

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RSA Animate – The Internet in Society

Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on ‘cyber-utopianism’ – the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely emancipatory role in global politics.

22 Mar 2011

A cartoon mouse in glasses and a vest stands next to a desktop computer. Text above reads: "Evgeny Morozov, The Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?.

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RSA Animate – Language as a Window into Human Nature

Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings.

17 Feb 2011

Illustration titled "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature." It features a person with curly hair saying, "Language is a window into social relations," and a speech bubble from a puzzle in a window saying, "I'll begin with a puzzle in language.

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RSA Animate – Changing Paradigms

RSA Animate taken from a speech given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education expert and recipient of the RSA Benjamin Franklin award.

14 Oct 2010

Illustration of a man labeled "Sir Ken Robinson" with text bubbles. One says, "Every country on earth, at the moment, is reforming public education." The other says, "There are two reasons for it," with the man holding up two fingers.

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RSA Animate – 21st Century Enlightenment

Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today.

8 Sep 2010

Illustration of a classical building labeled "SOCIEATIS AETATUM OPTIMUS" with a figure holding a belt labeled "21st Century Enlightenment." The name "MATTHEW TAYLOR" is written above in red.

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RSA Animate – 21st Century Enlightenment

Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today.

8 Sep 2010

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RSA Animate – First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

In this short RSA Animate, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.

4 Aug 2010