Know Your World #77: The future of agriculture

▶️ No country feeds the world like the tiny 🇳🇱Netherlands. A good part (=a big part) of what we eat every day comes from crops (=plants used for agriculture) that grew out of seeds from this country. Catch a glimpse (=take a quick look to understand sth) at the future of agriculture which starts right there.

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Talking Point #10: Unexpected future

▶️ We used to think that robots will do manual labour for us, and white-collar jobs (=office jobs, not physical work) will remain as a human domain (=field, area, sector). The rise of AI has made us less certain. Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

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Know Your World #78: Climate – the Movie (2023)

▶️ It seems that climate change is a matter of belief, and nothing is quite as certain as we like to think. Hear the other side about climate change being a hoax (=joke or lie that many people believe) and use your critical thinking when choosing who you want to believe.

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Talking Point #11: Influencers

▶️ Here’s a short video of a so-called “influencer factory” in 🇮🇩Indonesia. What’s your feeling seeing this?

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Know Your World #79: How the rich avoid paying taxes

▶️ Why is it that rich people pay less taxes than ordinary people like you and me? The reason lies in the tax system. Not just in America. Watch this explainer video to find out more.

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Know Your World #80: Brief history of the toilet

▶️ Let’s not talk about it. Oh really? Actually there’s a lot of human history to be explored. Watch to find out!

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Know Your World #81: Global Superpowers

▶️ Watch this insightful (=making you understand sth deeply) TED Talk by American political scientist Ian Bremmer who explains the state of the world (=the situation of the world) in simple terms (=with easy words).

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Know Your World #82: What do all languages have in common?

▶️ Get to grips with (=understand or learn the basics of) linguistics to find out what it is that all human languages have in common (=be the same in some way).

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