This video is almost as exciting and thought-provoking as watching Francine Lacqua host a debate on Davos 2011 live on Bloomberg. It made me feel like I am back in college: starring Niall Ferguson as the ever-annoying know-it-all who just won't shut up. He would argue everyone's ears off, wasting the entire class in useless dialogue with the unfortunate Economics professor desperately trying to teach theory to that particular group of sorry economist-wannabes. And sure enough, he wouldn't make many friends in the class.
The above video is just slightly less intriguing than Stanley Fischer's mischievous smile or Mehmet Şimşek, Turkey's Finance Minister, who was the only person I listened to with appreciation and respect.
When the RSA Animate video is added to this video, however...
both of them combined create such a powerful sensation of importance and immediacy that it'll be foolish to ignore them. While global, international economic forums will continue to spark debates (that is the whole point of a forum after all), a major TV network is yet to televise one such forum focused around the issue of a universal education reform.
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