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Not what he said in the first 5 minutes. He said he dropped out of college and did whatever he wanted cause he knew things would just work out fine and had he not just freeballed it and accidentally been to a caligraphy class then one day when he was lucky enough to be working on Apple he used that to make it the way it was. That's a terrible message because he might not have been lucky enough to be there at that time and place. He essentially said do whatever you want cause the universe will help you out. What *******

His words exactly. " Trust the dots will connect in your future, you have to trust god, life karma etc. Believe that the dots will connect down the line in the future even if it leads you off the path"
 
And I wish I had followed that advice rather than being too scared to take risks. Instead I opted for a stable and predictable life which has been good but hasn't achieved the greatness it could potentially have been.
 
Hades said:
And I wish I had followed that advice rather than being too scared to take risks. Instead I opted for a stable and predictable life which has been good but hasn't achieved the greatness it could potentially have been.
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Could also have ended up with you being a drug addict or something. Flipping a coin on something so important is not good advice. Grass aint always greener.
 
You get one life. Live it :)

I agree there is a risk. Bit of a stretch to link the speech to the risk of becoming a drug addict though. That could happen to me even in a mundane life if I let it. But I wouldn't.
 
The usual ones come to mind first - Veritasium, vsauce, CGP Grey, etc...the big names that I expect other people have suggested. So I'll try to suggest some others.

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell has lots of well made videos on science, politics, ethics, medicine, etc, etc:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt/videos

It's Okay To Be Smart is similar but more focused on science:

https://www.youtube.com/user/itsokaytobesmart/videos

Second Thought has some interesting short (~6 min) videos you might find useful for a topic:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJm2TgUqtK1_NLBrjNQ1P-w/featured

Alternate History Hub has videos speculating about how things might be different if events in the past had happened differently. Might be relevant, depending on what subject is being taught in the classroom you mention:

https://www.youtube.com/user/AlternateHistoryHub/videos

Real Life Lore has a mix of videos, mainly focused on geography, economy and history. Some are direct answers to questions (e.g. How big can a tornado be on Earth?), others are interesting bits that could bring about discussions about politics, such as the series of videos on odd national borders like enclaves/exclaves (parts of one country inside another country) or an area that changes nationality every 6 months.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5tjEmvPItGyLhmjdwP7Ww/videos

It doesn't cover what I think might be the oddest national border though - Lake Constance and the non-existent borders between 3 countries. The national borders for each country end at the lake. It's not a trivial little pond - it covers well over 500 square kilometres. Which country owns which part of the lake? Nobody knows. More strangely, nobody cares. It's been like that for a long time and it works. So there's a possible topic for discussion - do we always need national borders?

I really very much like Historia Civilis, so I'll mention it even though it's a bit of a stretch for what you asked for. The videos on the ancient Roman political system might be of some relevance because they're well made short summaries of parts of a democracy very different to our own and that might promote discussion.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_vLHiWVBh_FR9vbeuiY-A

Jabzy's "Three Minute History" series covers a lot of things many people in this country won't have heard of and the videos are short (no surprise, given the title). You might find something relevant there:

https://www.youtube.com/user/JabzyJoe/videos
 
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Most "Top <X>" list videos I've seen are badly presented and that's no exception. Infomercial presentation style - lots of fake excitement, very little content. The presenter even fakes a giggle in that video. The materials are interesting and the videos of them are good, but the voiceover isn't. Probably best watched muted with subtitles.
 
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