Everyone should look into films/documentaries by Fernando Mareilles. He is from Brazil and has made the films City of God and City of Men. Both of which document the lives of children living in the favella (slum) of Rio de Janeiro. The way life is portrayed is very powerful and could provide the viewer with a valuable learning experience. His films generally leave people feeling ashamed for ever complaining about their own life.
Also, I posted something before somewhere that isn't easily accessible, so... There is this book called Emergence, by Steven Johnson. He studied Semiotics at Yale and has developed a really interesting way of understanding and decoding the world. The book is about emerging systems throughout our world. Large ones, small ones, artificial ones... It is definitely worth taking a look at.
For a slightly more humorous addition to the news we are all keeping up on...
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