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"Do You Want to Live to Be 1000?" and Why That's a Stupid Question
Complete video at: fora.tv Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey says although he doesn't know whether or not he would want to live to be 1000 (or even 100) years old, he does know that he would like to be able to make the choice when the time comes. "It's not about longevity," insists de Grey. ----- Can we live to be 250 ... and beyond? Impossible? Not necessarily according to Aubrey de Grey, scientist, editor-in-chief of the journal Rejuvenation Research and co-author of the 2007 book Ending Aging. His ideas challenge the most basic assumption that aging is inevitable. He argues instead that aging is a disease — one that can be cured if it's approached as "an engineering problem." His plan calls for forestalling disease and eventually radically pushing back death. Presented by Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation. Much more than a conference, the IdeaFestival is a catalyst for high-speed innovation, product development, and creative endeavors. This series of events attracts leading thinkers and curious minds from across the nation and around the globe.
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Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion
Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion Complete video at: fora.tv Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, discusses the shortcomings of organized religion as a guide for human morality. ----- In this highly anticipated, explosive new book, the author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation calls for an end to religion's monopoly on morality and human values. In The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, Sam Harris tears down the wall between scientific facts and human values to dismantle the most common justification for religious faith -- that a moral system cannot be based on science. The End of Faith ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In its aftermath, Harris discovered that most people, from secular scientists to religious fundamentalists, agree on one point: Science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Even among religious fundamentalists, the defense one most often hears for belief in God is not that there is compelling evidence that God exists, but that faith in Him provides the only guidance for living a good life. Controversies about human values are controversies about which science has officially had no opinion. Until now. Morality, Harris argues, is actually an undeveloped branch of neuroscience, and answers to questions of human value can be visualized on a "moral landscape" -- a space of real and potential outcomes whose peaks and valleys <b>...</b>
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'Star Wars' and Bad Science In Movies - Science Comedian Brian Malow
More Wonderfest videos available at: fora.tv Science comedian Brian Malow cites an example from the original 'Star Wars' to riff on the poor science often on display in sci-fi movies. ----- Brian Malow's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com Brian Malow's blog: www.sciencecomedian.com Brian Malow's videos for Time Magazine: bit.ly Brian Malow (@sciencecomedian) on Twitter: www.twitter.com Now an accomplished stand-up comic whose career has spanned more than a decade to include performances on CBS, A&E, TechTV, and the Discovery Channel, Brian Malow turns his sharp wit upon his first love: the world of science. Brian entertains and ignites interest in science with hysterical, thought-provoking science comedy routines about the environment, insects and viruses, evolution and extinction, the speed of light, gravity, cell phones, computers -- everything under the Sun -- and even the Sun itself! Brian makes science funny, exciting and easily digestible for all audiences. Wonderfest, the Bay Area Festival of Science, is held each year in the beginning of November. Enjoy fascinating discussions between world-class scientists on cutting edge topics, as well as other fun exhibitions. Visit Wonderfest.org and join.
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Thomas Sowell: Federal Reserve a 'Cancer'
Complete video at: fora.tv Economist Thomas Sowell explains why he supports Ron Paul's stance on abolishing the Federal Reserve. When asked by Peter Robinson what should replace the Fed, Sowell replies: "When someone removes a cancer, what do you replace it with?" ----- Thomas Sowell has studied and taught economics, intellectual history, and social policy at institutions that include Cornell University, UCLA, and Amherst College. Now a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Sowell has published more than a dozen books, the latest of which is a revised and updated edition of his classic volume, Basic Economics. "Through its various editions," Sowell writes, "the fundamental idea behind Basic Economics remains the same: Learning economics should be as uncomplicated as it is informative." Here, Sowell seeks to uncomplicate some of the economic issues confronting the country today, from the financial crisis and the role of the Fed to the economics of health care and trade imbalances. - Hoover Institution Thomas Sowell is an American economist, political writer, and commentator. He is currently a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In 1990, he won the Francis Boyer Award, presented by the American Enterprise Institute. In 2002 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal for prolific scholarship melding history, economics, and political science. Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and <b>...</b>
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Overpowering Your Lizard Brain - Seth Godin
Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Author Seth Godin argues that one of the main barriers to innovation is the "lizard brain," the primitive part of the human brain adapted for survival. He explains that the lizard brain "loves being a cog in the system" because it's safer than doing something foreign and untested. ----- The system is broken and the system needs you. Are you indispensable, capable of making a difference, doing work that matters--or are you a compliant cog in a machine that cares little about you? Seth Godin, entrepreneur and bestselling author of Linchpin wants to sell you on doing art, standing out and getting what you deserve. - BizTechDay American Way Magazine calls Seth Godin "America's Greatest Marketer," and his blog is perhaps the most popular in the world written by a single individual. His latest book, LINCHPIN, hit the Amazon top 10 on the first day it was published and became a New York Times bestseller.
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Jay-Z on the Future of the Recording Industry
Complete video at: fora.tv Superstar rap artist Jay-Z discusses his views on the future of the recording industry. He argues that the internet has provided a much-needed "purging" of mediocre players from the music business, but critiques the industry's lack of focus on artist development. ----- Decoded: Jay-Z in Conversation with Cornel West. This program was recorded in collaboration with the New York Public Library, on November 15, 2010. Fiercely candid, uncompromising, provocative, inspiring -- Decoded is the long awaited first book by the multi-platinum, 10 time Grammy Award winning artist, entrepreneur, and icon JAY-Z. At the New York Public Library, JAY-Z will share his thoughts on growing up as a hustler and feeling judged simply because of where he was from. He will also address issues that informed him and his songwriting: How did visual art and poetry influence his craft? How did he get involved in politics when he never really trusted the system? How did he stay honest to himself in the world of big business and how did he shed stereotypes when he'd been labeled one all his life? - NYPL Shawn Corey Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper and businessman. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving ten Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. Jay-Z co-owns The 40/40 Club, is part-owner <b>...</b>
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How Steve Wozniak Brought Color to Personal Computers
Complete video at: fora.tv Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recalls the moment he stumbled upon the idea of how to put color into personal computers. The inspiration came during a sleepless four-day and four-night design session while building the Atari game Breakout. "That was probably one of the biggest things Apple ever did," he says. ----- Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and philanthropist in conversation at the Discovery Forum 2010 with Emmy-award winning journalist Dana King from CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Renowned technology pioneer Steve Wozniak speaks to the importance of hands-on learning and encouraging creativity, and how the Bay Area Discovery Museum is a critical resource for preparing children for the challenges of the 21st century. The Discovery Forum serves to increase awareness about the importance of childhood creativity, and raises support for the Museum's educational exhibitions and programs. - Bay Area Discovery Museum A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz), helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed America's leading innovators. In 2000 Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded <b>...</b>
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Roubini: US Can't Afford Another Financial Crisis
Complete video at: fora.tv NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini warns the United States economy can't handle another financial crisis, which he says is avoidable with the right regulations in place. "The last three US recessions have been caused by asset bubbles going wrong," says Roubini. "There is a pattern here." ----- Experience talks, conversations and readings from the 92nd Street Y's vast archive, featuring Nobel Laureates and world leaders, giants of literature and science, legendary entertainers and artists, and the fascinating people who have graced the Y's stage over the last 75 years. Nouriel Roubini, a professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business, has now written a myth-shattering book about the methods he used to foretell the crisis before other economists saw it coming, entitled Crisis Eco-nomics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance. Nouriel Roubini served in the White House and the United States Treasury Department. He is the founder and chairman of RGE Monitor, an economic and financial consulting firm, and is an advisor of central bankers around the world. He was named one of the Top 100 Public Intellectuals in the world in 2008 by Foreign Policy magazine, and Fortune magazine has singled him out as one of the market experts who predicted this severe financial crisis.
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Discovering a 'Singing' Tree - Bernie Krause
Complete video at: fora.tv Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, explains how he recorded audio signals emitting from the trunk of a cottonwood tree while trying to record bat emissions. He decided the song derives from cells dying as a result of sucking in too much air while trying to maintain osmotic pressure. ----- Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, demonstrates that every living organism produces sound. This presentation focuses on the symbiotic ways in which the sounds of one organism affect and interrelate with other organisms, local and regional, within a given habitat. Learn about unusual soundscapes and their relevance to preserving natural sounds worldwide. Biophony--the notion that all sounds in undisturbed natural habitats fit into unique niches--will be used to illustrate the ways in which animals taught humans to dance and sing. - California Academy of Sciences Since 1968, Dr. Bernie Krause has traveled the world recording and archiving the sounds of creatures and environments large and small. Working at the research sites of Jane Goodall (Gombe, Tanzania), Biruta Galdikas (Camp Leakey, Borneo), and Dian Fossey (Karisoke, Rwanda), he identified the concept of biophony (a/k/a The Niche Hypothesis) based on the relationships of individual creatures to the total biological soundscape within a given habitat. Dr. Krause was Scientific Director (appointed by NOAA) of the operation that rescued Humphrey the humpback whale from the Sacramento <b>...</b>
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The Thank You Economy: How Business Must Adapt to Social Media
Viewer advisory: This program contains explicit language. Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk gives his no-holds-barred take on how modern businesses must adapt to thrive in a social media-driven culture. ----- On November 5, L2 and NYU Stern hosted its second-annual Innovation Forum at The Morgan Library in New York City. The full-day event addressed innovation in digital marketing and implications for prestige brands. L2 Forums are the largest gatherings of prestige professionals in North America. Forums draw C-level executives and top marketing and digital talent from prestige brands; leading agencies, media, and technology firms; and innovators and academics. In addition, 25 percent of seats are reserved for students from the nation's top business and arts graduate programs. Gary Vaynerchuk was born in Babruysk, USSR (today Belarus) on November 14, 1975 and emigrated to the US in 1978. He graduated from Mount Ida College in Newton, MA. From a platform as co-owner and Director of Operations of Wine Library, a wine retail shop in Springfield, New Jersey, Vaynerchuk gained fame as the host of Wine Library TV, a daily internet webcast on the subject of wine. Called the "king of social media", he is one of the first Facebook users to max out his friend limit, with over 17000 pending friend requests. He is in the top 100 people followed on Twitter and was the keynote speaker at events like the 2009 South by Southwest Interactive conference and the New Media and Web 2.0 expos.
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The Birth of the Long Now Foundation - Brian Eno
Complete video at: fora.tv Composer Brian Eno recalls how he and Stewart Brand joined up to co-found The Long Now Foundation. Eno says his interest in long-term thinking was sparked by moving to a dysfunctional New York in 1978, where city dwellers were stuck in the "short now." ----- Long Finance is an initiative begun in 2007 to establish a World Centre Of Thinking On Long-Term Finance. The initiative began with a question - "When would we know our financial system is working?" - which challenges a system that can't provide today's 20-year-olds with a reliable financial retirement structure. The aim of the Long Finance Institute is "to improve society's understanding and use of finance over the long-term." The research project proposals range from theory versus practice or fiscal versus monetary to sustainability versus robustness. The iconic project for Long Finance is the Eternal Coin, with the objective of starting a global debate about society's values over the long-term. This is the second event that Gresham College has co-hosted, where learning from the sister Long Now organization and its 10000 Year Clock Project. - Gresham College Brian Eno is a musician, composer and producer of audio and visual landscapes. Eno's synthesizer work and electronic manipulation of audio textures was first featured during the early 1970's as a founding member of Roxy Music. His solo and collaborative musical compositions with John Cale, Robert Fripp and David Bowie have been in <b>...</b>
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Make Love Not Porn - Cindy Gallop
Expressing concern at the effects of the "creeping ubiquity of hardcore pornography" into pop culture, advertising consultant Cindy Gallop explains the origins and goals of her website, Make Love Not Porn (www.makelovenotporn.com). Gallop describes the site as a forum for young adults to learn and speak frankly about sexuality. ----- L2's Generation Next Forum dissects the characteristics, influence, and brand affinities of tomorrow's affluent consumers. The largest gathering of prestige marketers in North America, L2 forums combine education and entertainment to inspire and enlighten. Cindy Gallop is half English, half Chinese, grew up in Asia, in Brunei, and read English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford. She began working in theater marketing and then moved to advertising, where she spent the majority of her career working for one agency, global creative network Bartle Bogle Hegarty. She joined them in London in 1989 to run global accounts such as Coca-Cola, Polaroid and Ray-Ban; moved to Singapore in 1996 to help start up and run BBH Asia Pacific; and moved to New York in 1998 to start up BBH US, which began as Cindy in a room with a phone, and four years later was named Adweek's Eastern Agency of the Year, winning clients such as Levi's, Johnnie Walker and Axe. In 2003 Advertising Women of New York voted Gallop Advertising Woman of the Year. In 2005 Gallop resigned as chairman of BBH to do something different. She consults for clients who want to change the <b>...</b>
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FORA.tv Interviews Radiohead's Thom Yorke @ COP15
FORA.tv's Stuart Schulzke interviews Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke at the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen. Although Yorke criticizes the political atmosphere, he remains optimistic that domestic pressures will force world leaders to forge worthwhile policies. "If it's full of shit, we're going to smell it," he quips. FORA.tv's complete coverage of the COP15 Climate Change Conference: fora.tv ----- Thom Yorke is an English musician who is the lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock group Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar (notably during the Kid A and Amnesiac sessions). In July 2006, he released his debut solo album, "The Eraser." Yorke has been cited among the most influential figures in the music industry; in 2002, Q Magazine named Yorke the 6th most powerful figure in music, and Radiohead were ranked #73 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2005. Also Yorke has been cited among the greatest singers in popular music; in 2005, Blender readers voted Yorke the 18th greatest singer of all time, and in 2008 he was ranked 66th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of all Time." Stuart Schulzke is FORA.tv's Director of Content Development. He earned two graduate degrees at the University of Oxford and his research has ranged from conflict resolution in Palestine to anti-corruption strategies in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe. Schulzke previously worked for the <b>...</b>
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3D Printing: If You Can Draw It, You Can Make It
Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Makerbot founder Bre Pettis demonstrates his 3D printer, which has the capability to make anything from toy cars to bottle openers to Darth Vader helmets. Pettis touts the growing success of Makerbot, saying "I think we're in a time where if you don't have one, your neighbor will have one." To view more highlights from the Wired Business Conference 2010 series, visit www.youtube.com ----- The Makerbot Revolution: Welcome to the Age of Personal Manufacturing featuring Bre Pettis, Cofounder, Makerbot Industries; Cofounder, NYC Resistor. Disruption happens. A technology breakthrough. A shift in consumer demand. A rise, or fall, in a critical market. Any of these can rewrite the future of a company -- or a whole industry. If you haven't faced this moment, you will soon. It's time to change the way you run your business. Now what? How you decide to respond is what separates the leaders from the left behind. Today's smartest executives know that disruption is constant and inevitable. They've learned to absorb the shockwave that change brings, and can use that energy to transform their companies and their careers. At the second WIRED Business Conference, presented in partnership with MDC Partners, you'll hear from industry leaders on how to respond to change, and how to use it to your advantage. Through one-on-one conversations between speakers and Wired editors and interaction with the speakers, you'll see how disruption is transforming the <b>...</b>
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Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
Complete video at: fora.tv Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawkins shows why no species -- including homo sapiens -- can truly be said to have a "first" ancestor. ----- What Is Reality? Richard Dawkins talks with Henry Finder. Presented in collaboration with the New Yorker Festival, on October 1, 2011. Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and the author of the Times best-selling books The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion, and The Greatest Show on Earth. His new book, The Magic of Reality, an illustrated science guide for adults and young people, comes out in October. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Henry Finder is the editorial director of The New Yorker.
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Quantum Computers and Parallel Universes
Complete video at: fora.tv Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe, discusses the mechanics behind quantum computers, explaining that they function by having atoms exist in multiple places at once. He predicts that quantum computers will be produced within 20 years. ----- The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einsteins general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world in which we live. But almost a century after their advent, most people havent the slightest clue what either is about. Radio astronomer, award-winning writer and broadcaster Marcus Chown talks to fellow stargazer Fred Watson about his book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Marcus Chown is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. Formerly a radio astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, he is now cosmology consultant of the weekly science magazine New Scientist. The Magic Furnace, Marcus' second book, was chosen in Japan as one of the Books of the Year by Asahi Shimbun. In the UK, the Daily Mail called it "a dizzy page-turner with all the narrative devices you'd expect to find in Harry Potter". His latest book is called Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
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Was Iceland a Target for Economic Hit Men? - John Perkins
Complete video at: fora.tv John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland's economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporations . ----- Economic hit man John Perkins has confessed the sins of predatory politicians and analyzed the reasons for the current meltdown. A reformed economist, he warns that returning to our "normal" blueprints for the global economy would prove disastrous. Perkins details the steps to transform "the mutant form of capitalism" into a system based on sustainability and justice. - Commonwealth Club John Perkins spent three decades as an Economic Hit Man, business executive, author, and lecturer. He lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and North America. Then he made a decision: he would use these experiences to make the planet a better place for his daughter's generation. Today he teaches about the importance of rising to higher levels of consciousness, to waking up - in both spiritual and physical realms - and is a champion for environmental and social causes. He has lectured at universities on four continents, including Harvard, Wharton, and Princeton.
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WikiLeaks: Military Is Skewing War Casualties
Complete video at: fora.tv WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange discusses apparent inconsistencies in the reporting of friendly fire events as exposed by the Afghan War Diaries. Assange implies that US soldiers are misfiling reports to cover up war crimes. For related videos, visit WikiLeaks: Security Threat or Media Savior? A FORA.tv Series: fora.tv ----- Julian Assange of WikiLeaks holds a press conference at the Frontline Club following the release of the Afghan War Diary, an extraordinary compendium of over 91000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. - Frontline Club Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, programmer and Internet activist, best known for his involvement with Wikileaks, a whistleblower website.
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Did Coffee Fuel the Age of Enlightenment? - Steven Johnson
Complete video at: fora.tv Author Steven Johnson links the rise of coffee house culture to the Age of Enlightenment. Before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, says Johnson, "the entire culture basically was drunk all day long." ----- Steven Johnson talks about his book, The Invention of Air. Johnson recounts the story of Joseph Priestley -- scientist and theologian, protege of Benjamin Franklin -- an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the US - Book Passage Steven Johnson is the author of the US bestsellers Mind Wide Open and Emergence. His most recent book is The Invention of Air. Johnson's writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, The Guardian, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He also writes for Discover magazine and Wired.com, and was co-founder of the award-winning websites FEED and Plastic.com. He teaches at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and also hosts a weblog at www.stevenberlinjohnson.com.
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Neil Gaiman - "Instructions"
Complete program at: fora.tv Acclaimed science-fiction author Neil Gaiman reads his poem, "Instructions." ----- An Evening's Entertainment with Neil Gaiman celebrating "Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders." In this dazzling new collection of more than twenty-five pieces of short fiction including a novella featuring the hero of his masterpiece "American Gods," Neil Gaiman charts the terrain between life and death, perception and reality, darkness and light. Guaranteed to dazzle the senses, haunt the imagination, and touch the heart, "Fragile Things" is a gift of wonder from one of the most unique literary artists of our time. Neil Gaiman is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of the novels "American Gods," "Neverwhere," "Stardust," "Coraline," and "Anansi Boys;" "The Sandman" series of graphic novels; and "Smoke and Mirrors," a collection of short fiction - Cody's Books Gaiman is also the coauthor of the novel "Good Omens" with Terry Pratchett. Among the many awards he has won are the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Bram Stoker awards.
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Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor
Drawing on his experiences picking up roadkill, feeding swine, and castrating a lamb with his teeth, Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, discusses how modern American culture belittles necessary labor. EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas - a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web - The Entertainment Gathering Mike Rowe has had more jobs than you. In fact, Mike has had more jobs than anyone. As the creator and executive producer of Discovery Channels Emmy-nominated series Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe, Mike has spent years traveling the country, working as an apprentice on more than 200 jobs that most people would go out of their way to avoid. From coal mining to roustabouting, maggot farming to sheep castrating, Mike has worked in just about every industry and filmed the show in almost every state, celebrating the hard-working Americans who make civilized life possible for the rest of us. On Labor Day 2008, Mike launched a Web site called mikeroweWORKS.com, where skilled labor and hard work are celebrated in the hope of calling attention to the steady decline in the trades and bolstering enrollment in trade schools and technical colleges. In addition to Dirty Jobs and his mikeroweWORKS <b>...</b>
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Adam Savage Introduces FORA.tv's Top Videos of 2010
MythBusters' Adam Savage introduces FORA.tv's end-of-the-year video playlist on the people, ideas, and issues that changed 2010. Here is FORA.tv's full playlist: www.youtube.com "LHC First Physics : First collisions in the LHCb's experiment" by CERNTV "Apple - iPad - Introducing the iPad" by Apple "Jamie Oliver's TED award speech" by Jamie Oliver on TED "Cynthia Nixon: Gays Don't Want to Redefine Marriage" by Cynthia Nixon on FORA.tv "Cindy Gallop, IfWeRanTheWorld: Make Love Not Porn" by L2 Luxury Lab "It Gets Better: Dan and Terry" by It Gets Better Project "We Are The World 25 For Haiti - Official Video" by We are the World "WikiLeaks: How Safe Are Confidential Sources?" by UC Berkley Graduate School of Journalism on FORA.tv "MythBusters' Adam Savage on Problem Solving: How I Do It" by Adam Savage on FORA.tv "RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms" by the RSA "Where Good Ideas Come From" by Steven Johnson on FORA.tv "Stephen Colbert Opening Statement" by Stephen Colbert on CSPAN "Auto-Tune the News: Sanity Song" by Auto-Tune The News
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Raymond Tallis - Free Will and the Brain
Complete video at: fora.tv British gerontologist, author and cultural critic Raymond Tallis addresses questions regarding free will and the brain. ----- "Battle of Ideas: My Brain Made Me Do It" at the 2007 Battle of Ideas conference hosted by the Institute of Ideas. With the politics of behaviour in the ascendancy, there is increasing interest in what science can tell us about why people behave the way they do. The British government is funding the creation of the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners, with the express aim of training a 'parenting workforce' to provide science-based child-rearing advice to parents. In the USA, the MRI scanner and the neuroscientific community are entering the court room to give evidence about whether defendants can be regarded as being responsible for their alleged crimes. UK policymakers cite scientific 'evidence' to explain new interventions on everything from early years' education to the alleged impact of school dinners on academic performance. The science of nutrition now informs earnest discussions about how children's diets improve their classroom behaviour, in order to justify policing lunchboxes and putting school meals at the top of the political agenda. Studies of teenage brain development now regularly inform social debates about the impact of new technologies on young people. But how much can science tell us about behaviour? Do scientific findings justify the government's many interventions into the early years of <b>...</b>
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"Do You Want to Live to Be 1000?" and Why That's a Stupid Question
"Do You Want to Live to Be 1000?" and Why That's a Stupid Question
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Complete video at: fora.tv Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey says although he doesn't know whether or not he would want to live to be 1000 (or even 100) years old, he does know that he would like to be able to make the choice when...
Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion
Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion
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Sam Harris: The Moral Failings of Religion Complete video at: fora.tv Sam Harris, author of The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, discusses the shortcomings of organized religion as a guide for human morality. ----- I...
'Star Wars' and Bad Science In Movies - Science Comedian Brian Malow
'Star Wars' and Bad Science In Movies - Science Comedian Brian Malow
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More Wonderfest videos available at: fora.tv Science comedian Brian Malow cites an example from the original 'Star Wars' to riff on the poor science often on display in sci-fi movies. ----- Brian Malow's YouTube Channel: www.you...
Thomas Sowell: Federal Reserve a 'Cancer'
Thomas Sowell: Federal Reserve a 'Cancer'
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Complete video at: fora.tv Economist Thomas Sowell explains why he supports Ron Paul's stance on abolishing the Federal Reserve. When asked by Peter Robinson what should replace the Fed, Sowell replies: "When someone removes a canc...
Overpowering Your Lizard Brain - Seth Godin
Overpowering Your Lizard Brain - Seth Godin
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Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Author Seth Godin argues that one of the main barriers to innovation is the "lizard brain," the primitive part of the human brain adapted for survival. He explains that the lizard brain "lov...
Jay-Z on the Future of the Recording Industry
Jay-Z on the Future of the Recording Industry
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Complete video at: fora.tv Superstar rap artist Jay-Z discusses his views on the future of the recording industry. He argues that the internet has provided a much-needed "purging" of mediocre players from the music business, but c...
How Steve Wozniak Brought Color to Personal Computers
How Steve Wozniak Brought Color to Personal Computers
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Complete video at: fora.tv Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recalls the moment he stumbled upon the idea of how to put color into personal computers. The inspiration came during a sleepless four-day and four-night design session while buildin...
Roubini: US Can't Afford Another Financial Crisis
Roubini: US Can't Afford Another Financial Crisis
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Complete video at: fora.tv NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini warns the United States economy can't handle another financial crisis, which he says is avoidable with the right regulations in place. "The last three US recessions...
Discovering a 'Singing' Tree - Bernie Krause
Discovering a 'Singing' Tree - Bernie Krause
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Complete video at: fora.tv Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, explains how he recorded audio signals emitting from the trunk of a cottonwood tree while trying to record bat emissions. He decided the song derives from cells dying ...
The Thank You Economy: How Business Must Adapt to Social Media
The Thank You Economy: How Business Must Adapt to Social Media
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Viewer advisory: This program contains explicit language. Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk gives his no-holds-barred take on how modern businesses must adapt to thrive in a social media-driven culture. ----- On November 5, L2 and NYU S...
The Birth of the Long Now Foundation - Brian Eno
The Birth of the Long Now Foundation - Brian Eno
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Complete video at: fora.tv Composer Brian Eno recalls how he and Stewart Brand joined up to co-found The Long Now Foundation. Eno says his interest in long-term thinking was sparked by moving to a dysfunctional New York in 1978, where city ...
Make Love Not Porn - Cindy Gallop
Make Love Not Porn - Cindy Gallop
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Expressing concern at the effects of the "creeping ubiquity of hardcore pornography" into pop culture, advertising consultant Cindy Gallop explains the origins and goals of her website, Make Love Not Porn (www.makelovenotporn.com)...
FORA.tv Interviews Radiohead's Thom Yorke @ COP15
FORA.tv Interviews Radiohead's Thom Yorke @ COP15
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FORA.tv's Stuart Schulzke interviews Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke at the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen. Although Yorke criticizes the political atmosphere, he remains optimistic that domestic pressures will force world leaders ...
3D Printing: If You Can Draw It, You Can Make It
3D Printing: If You Can Draw It, You Can Make It
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Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Makerbot founder Bre Pettis demonstrates his 3D printer, which has the capability to make anything from toy cars to bottle openers to Darth Vader helmets. Pettis touts the growing success of Makerbot, sayi...
Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
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Complete video at: fora.tv Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawkins shows why no species -- including hom...
Quantum Computers and Parallel Universes
Quantum Computers and Parallel Universes
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Complete video at: fora.tv Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe, discusses the mechanics behind quantum computers, explaining that they function by having atoms exist in multiple places at once. He...
Was Iceland a Target for Economic Hit Men? - John Perkins
Was Iceland a Target for Economic Hit Men? - John Perkins
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Complete video at: fora.tv John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland's economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporations . ----- Economic hit man John P...
WikiLeaks: Military Is Skewing War Casualties
WikiLeaks: Military Is Skewing War Casualties
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Complete video at: fora.tv WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange discusses apparent inconsistencies in the reporting of friendly fire events as exposed by the Afghan War Diaries. Assange implies that US soldiers are misfiling reports to ...
Did Coffee Fuel the Age of Enlightenment? - Steven Johnson
Did Coffee Fuel the Age of Enlightenment? - Steven Johnson
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Complete video at: fora.tv Author Steven Johnson links the rise of coffee house culture to the Age of Enlightenment. Before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, says Johnson, "the entire culture basically was drunk all ...
Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor
Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor
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Drawing on his experiences picking up roadkill, feeding swine, and castrating a lamb with his teeth, Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, discusses how modern American culture belittles necessary labor. EG is the celebrati...
Adam Savage Introduces FORA.tv's Top Videos of 2010
Adam Savage Introduces FORA.tv's Top Videos of 2010
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MythBusters' Adam Savage introduces FORA.tv's end-of-the-year video playlist on the people, ideas, and issues that changed 2010. Here is FORA.tv's full playlist: www.youtube.com "LHC First Physics : First collisions in the ...
Raymond Tallis - Free Will and the Brain
Raymond Tallis - Free Will and the Brain
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Complete video at: fora.tv British gerontologist, author and cultural critic Raymond Tallis addresses questions regarding free will and the brain. ----- "Battle of Ideas: My Brain Made Me Do It" at the 2007 Battle of Ideas confere...
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