Recommendations:

Mindwalk (Movie, 1990) Like IMDB says, don't watch unless you "...want to think"! A provacative dialog about understanding the world: from the ideas of Newton and Descartes to Willaim Blake. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100151/

American Dream (Movie, 1991) Documentary capturing a full-blown Hormel workers' strike. Oscar winner. It will help you decide whether to be more concerned about the salaries of rich people or poor people. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099028/

Manufacturing Consent (Movie, 1992) Documentary about Noam Chomsky; arguably one of the greatest living intellectuals. Movie explains Chomsky's theory of how our society is manipulated by the media. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104810/

Games People Play (Book, 1964) Important if only for the understanding of lifelong parent-child-adult relationships (and not necassarily with parents, children or adults, respectively). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345410033/102-2356112-2481743?v=glance&n=283155

High Priest of Harmful Matter: Tales From the Trial (audio, 1993) From Jello Biafra, the punk rocker who recieved 3 percent of the vote when he ran for the Mayor of San Francisco, explains with humor and chilling accuracy his trial for something he put on the inside of an album cover. 2 CD set. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000F7B/102-2356112-2481743?v=glance&n=5174

I Blow Minds for a Living (audio, 1991) Jello Biafra speaks. Lots o' good stuff. Must hear "Grow more pot" to understand the criminality of those waging the drug war. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000F85/102-2356112-2481743?v=glance&n=5174

Penn & Teller - Bullsh*t! (Television, 2003) Nice show that explains why just about everything you know is wrong. Catchy theme song too. The biggest shocker so far for me: recycling is B.S. (although that one's in the second season). http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00019PDNY/102-2356112-2481743?v=glance&n=130

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Book, 1979) Won the Pulitzer Prize. 777 pages. Braids together math, music, and art. Read the accolades on back cover. For me, proves that all intelligence is artifical. Some of it is easy and some is hard. I'ver read it three times. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465026567/102-2356112-2481743?v=glance&n=283155

Buddhism for Dummies (Book, 2002) I haven't read it myself, but I recommend the pursuit of any non-Western religion (except for Scientology).http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764553593/qid=1136694858/sr=8-6/ref=pd_bbs_6/102-2356112-2481743?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth (Book, 1987) Shows that the only thing good about meat eating is that it tastes good. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0915811812/102-2356112-2481743?v=glance&n=283155

Bradshaw on the Family (Video, ~1985) Hard-to-find 10-hour PBS show on The Family. Only really need the first two or three shows ($29.95 each). Like everthing else on this list, videos show that everything is connected. http://www.bradshawcassettes.com/catalog/TheFamily.html

Comedians: Certain comedians can offer better info than anybody: George Carlin, Chris Rock, Bill Maher, David Cross, many more. Roseanne.