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01:35:46 05/23/12
Edward O. Wilson on the Human Condition
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Edward O. Wilson, biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, discusses the nature of humans, and what lies ahead for our species.
Watch the complete video for free at http://fora.tv/2012/04/20/Edward_O_Wilson_The_Social_Conquest_of_Earth
Edward O. Wilson has revolutionized science and inspired the public more often than any other living biologist. Now he is blending his pioneer work on ants with a new perspective on human development to propose a radical reframing of how evolution works.
First the social insects ruled, from 60 million years ago. Then a species of social mammals took over, from 10 thousand years ago. Both sets of “eusocial” animals mastered the supremely delicate art of encouraging altruism, so that individuals in the groups would act as if they value the goal of the group over their own goals. They would specialize for the group and die for the group. In recent decades the idea of “kin selection” seemed to explain how such an astonishing phenomenon could evolve. Wilson replaces kin selection with “multi-level selection,” which incorporates both individual selection (long well understood) and group selection (long considered taboo). Every human and every human society has to learn how to manage adroitly the perpetual ambiguity and conflict between individual needs and group needs. What I need is never the same as what we need.
E. O. Wilson’s current book is The Social Conquest of Earth. His previous works include The Superorganism;The Future of Life; Consilience; Biophilia; Sociobiology; and The Insect Societies.
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01:03:57 05/17/12
Ban College Football: An Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate
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Corruption and a growing concern for head injury have put college football in the spotlight. Are football programs’ millions in profits exploitation? Or are they still a celebration of amateur sport? Does football’s inherent danger and violence have any place in institutions of higher learning? Or does it provide young men with educational opportunities they would not otherwise have?
Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/05/08/Ban_College_Football
Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1996. He is most recently the author of, What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures, and the New York Times best-selling books, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, and Outliers: The Story of Success.
Former Atlanta Falcons star defensive end Tim Green has been hailed as the "Renaissance Man" of sports. Recently inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, Green is a New York Times bestselling author, coach and lawyer, specializing in energy law. He played eight seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and has served as an NFL analyst for Fox Sports and a commentator for NPR and Good Morning America.
H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger is among the nation's most honored and distinguished writers. A native of New York City, Bissinger is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Livingston Award, the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award and the National Headliners Award, among others. He also was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He is the author of four highly acclaimed nonfiction books: Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City, Three Nights in August and Shooting Stars written with LeBron James.
Jason Whitlock is a national columnist for FOXSports.com and an all-sports insider and contributor to FOX Sports Radio. Whitlock was an All-State offensive lineman in high school in Indianapolis and played college football at Ball State University, lettering as an offensive tackle in both 1987 and 1988. He graduated from Ball State in 1990 with a journalism degree. Whitlock's journalism career has had several stops, including the Bloomington Herald Times, The Charlotte Observer, Vibe Magazine, Playboy Magazine, and the Kansas City Star. In 2008, Whitlock was awarded the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, the first sports writer to win the award.
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00:58:36 05/16/12
The Effect of Changing Medical Advice on Breastfeeding
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Dr. Robert Martin, Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago, surveys how changing medical advice on breastfeeding has affected motherhood over time.
Complete video available for purchase at http://fora.tv/2012/04/28/Evolution_of_Mothering_How_Long_Should_a_Baby_Suckle
All primates have drawn-out life histories with long pregnancies and extended suckling. Time devoted to individual offspring more than compensates for limited daily investment in reproduction. A key part of intensive maternal care in primates is frequent suckling on demand, reflected in milk composition. In all these respects, humans are typical primates; but we also have special features, notably in brain development. But how long should a mother suckle her baby? Biological comparisons yield clues to the natural breastfeeding period for which women are adapted.
Dr. Robert Martin is A. Watson Armour III Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago. He has devoted his career to exploring the evolutionary tree of primates, as summarized in his 1990 textbook Primate Origins. Dr. Martin is particularly interested in reproductive biology and the brain, because these systems have been of special importance in primate evolution. His research is based on broad comparisons across primates, covering reproduction, anatomy, behaviour, palaeontology and molecular evolution.
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01:25:10 05/15/12
James Dyson on Failure, Engineering, and College Grads
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Industrial designer James Dyson discusses his design philosophy of 'lean engineering,' the practice of making products lighter, cheaper, and more efficiently. Dyson models this philosophy to his design team - recent graduates who have no fear of failure.
Watch the complete video for free at http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/WIRED_Business_Conference_Inventing_Sucks
On May 1, 2012, WIRED gathered a dynamic audience of today's thought-leaders for groundbreaking discussions on disruptive business practices, ideas, and innovations.
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00:56:59 05/12/12
Has Kickstarter Simply Become a ‘Storefront’?
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Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler discusses the perception that, despite its philanthropic roots, Kickstarter is becoming more and more commercial.
Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/05/01/WIRED_Business_Conference_The_Creation_Economy
On May 1, 2012, WIRED gathered a dynamic audience of today's thought-leaders for groundbreaking discussions on disruptive business practices, ideas, and innovations.
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00:44:35 05/11/12
R. James Woolsey: The OPEC 'Cartel' and Its Oil Monopoly
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Foreign policy expert and former head of the CIA R. James Woolsey discusses OPEC and its grip on global oil prices. Woolsey argues that any oil initiatives in the U.S. can't overcomes OPEC control.
Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/04/25/Oils_Monopoly_A_Strategic_Challenge_-_R_James_Woolsey
Our dependence on oil from hostile nations threatens our national security and the security of our allies, particularly Israel. Join AJC and R. James Woolsey, chair of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for a dialogue on “The Electric Grid, Oil’s Monopoly, and OPEC’s Cartel: 3 Serious Strategic Problems in Search of Solutions”.
R. James Woolsey is chairman of Woolsey Partners LLC and former United States Director of Central Intelligence, heading the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Intelligence Community.
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01:02:21 05/10/12
Which Came First: Language or Music?
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Anthropologist Dean Falk responds to an audience question about whether language or music evolved first, with the surprising answer that they may have evolved together.
Complete video available for purchase at http://fora.tv/2012/04/28/Paleoanthropology_Session_QA
A human female is born, lives her life, and dies within the span of a few decades, but the shape of her life has been strongly influenced by 50 million years of primate evolution.
Join leading scientists for a special symposium at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco as they discuss the The Female in Evolution. This rich topic will be considered in the context of the three research areas funded by The Leakey Foundation; Paleoanthropology, Behavioral and Hunter-gatherers and will integrate life history, behavior, anatomy, development, and cultural identity of females.
Dean Falk is an evolutionary anthropologist who splits her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico where she is a Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research (SAR), and Tallahassee, Florida where she is the Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology at Florida State University. Her work focuses on the evolution of the human brain and cognition. Recent projects include collaborative research on Homo floresiensis ("Hobbit") and an investigation of the brain of Albert Einstein.
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01:30:14 05/09/12
Larry Lessig: Two Sides in the Battle of Copyright
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Harvard professor and author Larry Lessig details the opposing sides in the battle over copyright law, but ponders, for whom are copyright laws written.
Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/04/20/Ingredients_for_Innovation
Lawrence Lessig, a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society, discusses America's flawed political system, and ways to change it.
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01:19:16 05/08/12
Will Conservatives Rally Around Mitt Romney?
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Journalist Jeff Greenfield and pollster Anna Greenberg discusses how evangelicals might impact Mitt Romney's 2012 Election campaign.
Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/04/30/Yeshiva_University_Religion_and_the_2012_Election
With the presidential election campaign in full swing, Yeshiva University hosts a discussion on “Religion and the 2012 Election” featuring PBS political analyst Jeff Greenfield, pollster Anna Greenberg and university professor and religion columnist Peter Steinfels.
The lecture is part of the Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Scholar-in-Residence program at YU’s Stern College for Women.
One of America’s most respected political analysts, Jeff Greenfield has spent more than 30 years on network television, including CNN, ABC News, CBS and currently serves as an anchor on PBS’ Need to Know. He is a four-time Emmy Award-winner and columnist for Yahoo! News. Greenfield has served as anchor booth analyst or floor reporter for every national political convention since 1988 and reported on virtually every important domestic political story in recent decades.
Anna Greenberg is a leading pollster and an expert in survey research methodology with nearly 15 years of experience. Since joining Greenberg Quinlan Rosner in 2001, Greenberg has worked with many elected officials and a wide range of NGOs and advocacy groups. Her areas of expertise include women and politics, LGBT rights, religion and politics, healthcare policy and drug policy reform. Greenberg is an active participant in the advanced analytics community; she leads the company's advances in micro-targeting and understanding the impact of social media on public opinion.
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00:42:45 05/05/12
Clayton Christensen: Is Facebook an Innovative Company?
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Clayton Christensen, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, argues that despite developing a groundbreaking idea, Facebook hasn’t proven itself to be an innovative company.
Complete video available for purchase at http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/Cultural_Phenomenon_Building_a_Disruptive_Corporation
Traditionally, big companies have been vulnerable to disruptive start-ups who can move more nimbly into new markets. But companies today are learning how to build disruption into their DNA. This session will explore the intersection between leadership, corporate culture, and disruptive innovation.
Ideas Economy: Innovation will explore the role of governments, corporations and individuals as drivers of innovation and will develop prescriptions that lead to lasting progress and prosperity. Conference attendees will engage in a lively examination of current political and economic policies around the world, develop a keen understanding of how the forces of globalization affect the ways companies innovate and manage innovation, and discuss what individuals can do, not only to energize their own creative and intellectual potential, but to develop jobs, improve company earnings, and contribute to economic growth around the world.
Clayton M. Christensen is the architect of and the world's foremost authority on disruptive innovation, a framework which describes the process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves "up market," eventually displacing established competitors. Consistently acknowledged in rankings and surveys as one of the world's leading thinkers on innovation, Christensen is widely sought after as a speaker, advisor and board member. His research has been applied to national economies, start-up and Fortune 50 companies, as well as to early and late stage investing.
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01:13:59 05/04/12
Does Culture Affect How Bodies Function?
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Anne Harrington, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, questions the assumption that all human bodies work in the same way regardless of culture or environment.
Watch the complete video for free at http://fora.tv/2012/03/24/Being_Human_Individual__Society__Morals__Culture
As we use the tools of science to explore the nature of humanity, we are learning more and more about how our brains function and what motivates our behavior, built-in biases and blind spots.
These fresh insights are interesting scientifically, but they also evoke significant questions about our lived experience. These perspectives challenge our basic assumptions of who we are, both as individuals and as a society.
Anne Harrington is Professor and former Chair of the History of Science at Harvard University, specializing in the history of psychiatry, neuroscience, and the other mind and behavioral sciences. Professor Harrington received her Ph.D. in the History of Science from Oxford University, and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London, and the University of Freiburg in Germany.
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01:20:29 05/03/12
Using Neuromarketing to Customize Your Entertainment
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President and CEO of NeuroFocus Dr. A.K. Pradeep explains how his dry wireless full-brain EEG could be applied to customize the consumer's entertainment experience.
Complete video available for purchase at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/The_See-Through_Consumer
Breakthroughs in neuroscience, technology and big data now enable companies to know more about their customers than ever before. Is this creating a more innovative and efficient global marketplace? And what are the opportunities for finding new connections and building stronger relationships?
Ideas Economy: Innovation will explore the role of governments, corporations and individuals as drivers of innovation and will develop prescriptions that lead to lasting progress and prosperity. Conference attendees will engage in a lively examination of current political and economic policies around the world, develop a keen understanding of how the forces of globalization affect the ways companies innovate and manage innovation, and discuss what individuals can do, not only to energize their own creative and intellectual potential, but to develop jobs, improve company earnings, and contribute to economic growth around the world.
Dr. Pradeep founded NeuroFocus in 2005. Now the company ranks as the world leader in the fast-growing neuromarketing research field, with numerous patents for its advanced technologies and a blue-chip client list representing the top companies in many Fortune 100 categories.
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00:37:56 05/02/12
Rachel Maddow: Why Conservative Media Model Works
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Rachel Maddow, host of the Rachel Maddow Show, and author of Drift, discusses her MSNBC show, and her goal to be mindful of a Republican audience.
Complete video available for purchase at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/12/Rachel_Maddow_in_Conversation
Rhodes Scholar, AIDS activist, civics geek, "blindly partisan" and even the “grand doyenne of liberal demagoguery” according to Gawker – Rachel Maddow has been called many things over the years, but until now, "author" has not been one of them. This year the sassy and smart-as-a-whip host of MSNBC’s politico program, The Rachel Maddow Show, joins the literary fold and takes on what she believes to be the debate between civilian life and the war machine in her new book, Drift.
Rachel Maddow hosts MSNBC’s primetime hit, the critically acclaimed “The Rachel Maddow Show.” “The Rachel Maddow Show” features Maddow’s take on the biggest stories of the day, political and otherwise, including lively debate with guests from all sides of the issues, in-depth analysis and stories no other shows in cable news will cover.
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01:01:36 05/01/12
U.S. Competitiveness Suffers Without National Healthcare
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Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm describes how the lack of a national healthcare system has hurt economic competitiveness in the United States.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/20/What_Candidates_Should_be_Discussing_that_Theyre_Not
The former Democratic governor of Michigan and her husband, a noted expert on leadership, critique Republican and Democratic candidates and offer insight into how voters can force them to focus on issues that matter most in 2012.
Jennifer Granholm was elected governor of Michigan in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She began her career in public service as a judicial clerk for Michigan's 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. She became a federal prosecutor in Detroit in 1990, and in 1994, she was appointed Wayne County Corporation Counsel. Granholm was elected Michigan's first female attorney general in 1998.
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01:14:46 04/27/12
Two Sides to Adam Smith: Beyond 'Wealth of Nations'
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Rabbi Irwin Kula points out that Adam Smith, well known for writing The Wealth of Nations, wrote another book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Using the words of the “father of capitalism”, Kula attempts to reconcile the “polarized Adam Smiths”.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/Disruptive_Innovation_20
Disruption is everywhere and disruptive innovation can apply to anything -- or can it? This session will explain how to identify and unleash disruptive potential across a broad spectrum of human endeavor, from business and finance to religion and the arts.
Ideas Economy: Innovation will explore the role of governments, corporations and individuals as drivers of innovation and will develop prescriptions that lead to lasting progress and prosperity. Conference attendees will engage in a lively examination of current political and economic policies around the world, develop a keen understanding of how the forces of globalization affect the ways companies innovate and manage innovation, and discuss what individuals can do, not only to energize their own creative and intellectual potential, but to develop jobs, improve company earnings, and contribute to economic growth around the world.
Rabbi Irwin Kula is Co-President of CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leadership training institute, think tank, and resource center. Known as both a provocative religious leader and a respected spiritual iconoclast, Irwin Kula uses Jewish wisdom in ways that speak to modern life.
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01:08:52 04/26/12
Harold Bloom: Why There Is No Walt Whitman Stamp
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In a talk about the works of Walt Whitman, renowned literary critic Harold Bloom digresses about why Whitman wasn't honored with a postage stamp.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/19/Harold_Bloom_Criticism_and_Self-Influence
Titled "Criticism and Self-Influence," focusing on his readings of Whitman in his first lecture and of Shakespeare in his second, these lectures are contributions to Bloom's intellectual biography. They will give a sense of how Harold Bloom reads, what stirs his mind, what he looks for, and what he projects on a text. With so impressive a list of works to his credit, Bloom will assess not only his impact on the world of literary criticism, but also his vision as a man of letters who has taught us how to think about that one subject that will always challenge our ability to think: art.
Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include The Best Poems of the English Language, The Art of Reading Poetry, and The Book of J. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the International Prize of Catalonia, and the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico.
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