Human Intelligence
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- Episode
- Disruptors: George Washington
- Broadcast Info
- 2025 (13 mins)
- Description
- Washington may be better known as a man of action rather than ideas. However, he gave the world one idea of huge power, an idea that was also about power. As a military General, Washington won the American War of Independence. Then, as the first ever US president, he helped establish a nation and guide it through its early life. And then he did something extraordinary - he voluntarily gave up his power and returned to his farm. The idea of the peaceful transfer of power has been at the heart of the American system ever since.
- Genre
- History
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The Open University, "Human Intelligence". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/251783 (Accessed 24 Dec 2025)