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Mapping the Future of Countries
Parag Khanna
In this talk, Geopolitical expert Parag Khanna tells us about our country's borders. He talks about how these lines in the map have extensively affected various economies. He also provides us with some solutions than may help lead us towards achieving a borderless world.
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Parag Khanna: Mapping the Future of Countries
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)In this talk, Geopolitical expert Parag Khanna tells us about our country's borders. He talks about how these lines in the map have extensively affected various economies. He also provides us with some solutions than may help lead us towards achieving a borderless world.
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Ray Kurzweil: A University for the Coming Singularity
February 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)In this talk, Futurist Ray Kurzweil tells us about the march of technology. He shows us graphs and statistics about it's exponential growth. He also tells us about the Singularity University, a university that will bring together the brightest minds to study and develop future tech.
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Ray Kurzweil: On how Technology will Transform Us
February 1, 2005 (about 19 years ago)In this talk, Futurist Ray Kurzweil tells us about the coming technological advancements. He then provides detailed descriptions of these sci-fi sounding investions and gadgets. He also explains the exponential type of growth that technology is experiencing and predicts timelines on when these wi...
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Pete Alcorn: On the World in 2200
February 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)In this talk, Pete Alcorn presents a future world in positive light. He illustrates two trends that will benefit the world's poor as the population pans out and declines.
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Stewart Brand: Four Environmental 'Heresies'
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Stewart Brand shows four technological advancements that humanity is having a hard time accepting yet which if widely adopted would be essential in getting through our current environmental crisis.
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Stewart Brand: Debate: Does the World Need Nuclear Energy?
February 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Stewart Brand scientifically and without hesitation takes his stand on the side of nuclear power.
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Stewart Brand: The Long Now
February 1, 2004 (about 20 years ago)Stewart Brand shows how they are going to house a clock that is meant to withstand 10,000 years of human civilization inside a mountain.
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Stewart Brand: Squatter Cities
February 1, 2006 (about 18 years ago)Stewart Brand shows why people are moving towards the squatter cities as they move out of poverty because of technology.
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Jamais Cascio: Tools For a Better World
February 1, 2006 (about 18 years ago)Jamais Cascio shows us the tools that we can immediately use and develop to make a better world now.
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Alan Russell: Regenerating Our Bodies
February 1, 2006 (about 18 years ago)Alan Russell introduces the possibility of regenerating organs to treat diseases early in their onset.
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