8. New Year's Resolutions & Daoism (Taoism) | THUNK
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2014-01-01

Pura vida! This week's video comes to you from Costa Rica, where I give a run-down of the history of new year's resolutions and the Chinese philosophy of Daoism.

-Links for the Curious-

The Dao (Tao) de Ching - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/216/216-h/216-h.htm

The Ancient Bablyonian's Awesome New Year's Party - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akitu

Statistics about New Year's Resolutions - http://www.statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/

Science Tips for Achieving your Resolution - http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-living/ci_24817826/new-years-resolutions-tips-from-science-make-them

Lao Tzu and Yin Yang are from Creative Commons, Party Hat from FloppyChiptunes on DeviantArt.