- -: Effective Forecasting - Valuing Failure
February 8, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/11/Paul_Saffo_Secret_to_Effective_Forecasting Technology forecaster Paul Saffo outlines the importance of acknowledging past experience when forecasting future events. ----- As part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking, techno...
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- -: Effective Forecasting - The Desired vs The Likely
February 8, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/11/Paul_Saffo_Secret_to_Effective_Forecasting Technology forecaster Paul Saffo explains the value of objectivity to making effective forecasts. ----- As part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking, technology forecaster and stra...
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- -: A Growing Market for Green Business
February 14, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/29/Green_Rush Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ira Ehrenpreis discusses recent developments in clean / green technology and business. ------ The Green Rush: Prospects, Perils, and Opportunities with discussants Mike Biddle, Jennifer Fonstad, Dirk Michels, a...
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- -: Stephen Breyer on the Constitution and the Supreme Court
March 17, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/21/Justice_Stephen_Breyer_in_Conversation U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer discusses the Court's approach to cases regarding Constitutional Law. ----- The New Republic is hosting the Washington event of the 2008 season, an intimate d...
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- -: Greg LeMond - How Have Steroids Changed Cycling?
March 17, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/17/Ethics_Doping_and_the_Future_of_Cycling Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond discusses the effects of drug doping on professional cycling. ---- Ethics, Doping, and the Future of Cycling with cyclist Greg LeMond. Greg LeMond has long been...
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- -: Is the Internet Good or Bad for Creative Professionals?
March 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Jimmy_Wales_and_Andrew_Keen_Debate_Web_2_0 Internet cultural critic Andrew Keen debates Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales on whether the internet has increased employment for creative professionals. ----- Web 2.0: Amateur Hour or Mass-ive Knowledge? ...
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- -: Does the Internet Need More Editors?
March 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Jimmy_Wales_and_Andrew_Keen_Debate_Web_2_0 Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales debates internet cultural critic Andrew Keen on the usefulness of the "wiki" model. ----- Web 2.0: Amateur Hour or Mass-ive Knowledge? A debate with Wikipedia founder Jimmy ...
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- -: Has the Internet Killed Print Journalism?
March 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/28/Jimmy_Wales_and_Andrew_Keen_Debate_Web_2_0 Wikipedia co-creator Jimmy Wales debates internet cultural critic Andrew Keen on the fate of print journalism in the digital age. ----- Web 2.0: Amateur Hour or Mass-ive Knowledge? A debate with Wikipedia f...
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- -: Craig Venter - The Incredible Biodiversity of the Oceans
April 11, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/25/Joining_3_5_Billion_Years_of_Microbial_Invention Celebrity geneticist Craig Venter discusses the enormous diversity of microbial life existing in our global oceans. ----- Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention featuring biologist J. Craig ...
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- -: Katherine Stoner-Weiss - Medvedev's Plans for Russia
April 17, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/07/Putin-to-X_Succession_Part_I Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Associate Director for Research and Senior Research Scholar at CDDRL, discusses Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev and his plans for Russia. ----- The Putin-to-X Succession - Part I with panel...
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- -: Russia on Foreign Policy - The Next Four Years
April 17, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/07/Putin-to-X_Succession_Part_I Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Associate Director for Research and Senior Research Scholar at CDDRL, discusses Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev's approach to foreign policy, and speculates on the course of Russia's governmen...
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- -: Joel Nathan Rosen - Do Athletes Make Good Role Models?
May 16, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/25/Athletes_as_Role_Models_in_the_Steroids_Era Author Joel Nathan Rosen questions the pop cultural practice of casting professional athletes as role models. ----- Athletes as Role Models in the Steroids Era The Mitchell report revelations of baseball'...
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- -: Climate Change and the Global Economy
May 19, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/27/Kemal_Dervis_Debates_on_India_and_China Kemal Derviş, Head of the United Nations Development Programme, discusses impacts of climate change on long-term economic planning. ----- Prosperity and Inequality: Debates in India and China Keynote Address b...
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- -: IQ Testing and Nazi Eugenics - Stephen Murdoch
May 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/16/Stephen_Murdoch_Discusses_IQ Author Stephen Murdoch describes how IQ testing was used as justification for eugenics programs in Nazi Germany and the United States. ----- Stephen Murdoch, author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea, discusses the ...
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- -: Does IQ Change Over Time? - Stephen Murdoch
May 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/16/Stephen_Murdoch_Discusses_IQ Author Stephen Murdoch discusses the impacts of IQ testing on sentencing for convicted murder Daryl Atkins, and describes how IQ test results can change for individuals over time. ----- Stephen Murdoch, author of IQ: A S...
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- -: Our Coming Robotic Society - Paul Saffo
May 27, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/22/Paul_Saffo_on_Embracing_Uncertainty_and_Forecasting Futurist author Paul Saffo predicts a gradual shift to a robot-based economy for the Japan and the United States, and discusses impacts for the remaining human workforce. ----- Paul Saffo discusses...
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- -: Accepting Life's Struggles - Za Rinpoche
May 29, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/02/Za_Rinpoche_on_The_Backdoor_To_Enlightenment Tibetan monk Za Rinpoche identifies awareness of life's struggles as a necessary step towards personal enlightenment. ----- Za Rinpoche shows us The Backdoor To Enlightenment. Za Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk...
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- -: How Political Myths Spread - Farhad Manjoo
June 2, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/27/Farhad_Manjoo-Learning_To_Live_in_a_Post-Fact_Society Salon.com technology columnist Farhad Manjoo examines the phenomenon of "selective exposure" - our predisposition to seek out ideas that re-enforce existing beliefs - in today's media, using the 2...
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- -: Philip Glass on Writing Music
June 16, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/12/Philip_Glass_and_Scott_Hicks_In_Conversation Celebrated composer Philip Glass describes his approach to writing music as watching buildings slowly emerge from "a foggy field," and claims to have an ironically poor musical ear. ----- Director Scott ...
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- -: Medical Myths That Can Kill You - Nancy Snyderman
June 25, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/03/Nancy_Snyderman_Medical_Myths_That_Can_Kill_You NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman deflates urban medical myths and clarifies "weird but true" medical truths. ----- NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks about her boo...
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- -: Opinion Journalism and the Politics of Language
July 17, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape Talking Points Memo blogger Josh Marshall discusses the balance an opinion journalist must hold between political advocacy and informative reporting. ----- On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the...
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- -: On Writing About Africa - Charlayne Hunter-Gault
July 17, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault criticizes racist and sensationalist reporting on Africa. ----- On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described p...
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- -: People, Not Leaders, Drive Change - David Sirota
July 25, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/11/David_Sirota_The_American_Populist_Revolt Author David Sirota argues that the power to change society lies ultimately with the people themselves - not with their leaders. ----- David Sirota discusses The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populis...
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- -: The Evolution of the Internet - Walt Mossberg
August 11, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/07/Walt_Mossberg_on_the_Internet_and_Rise_of_the_Cell_Phone New York Times technology columnist Walter Mossberg predicts the next steps in the evolution of PCs and the internet. ----- Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg discusses the future o...
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- -: Why the iPhone Matters - Walt Mossberg
August 11, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/07/Walt_Mossberg_on_the_Internet_and_Rise_of_the_Cell_Phone New York Times technology columnist Walter Mossberg discusses the technological significance of the popular Apple iPhone. ----- Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg discusses the futu...
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- -: Threat of a Nuclear Terrorist Attack
August 22, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/Iran_North_Korea_and_Nuclear_Energy A panel of defense policy analysts discusses the likelihood of a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States. ----- A panel consisting of Joseph Cirincione, Andrew Krepinevich, Bruce Blair, and John Holdren disc...
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- -: Kicking off the DNC - The New Republic
August 26, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Join New Republic editors Frank Foer and Eve Fairbanks as they prepare to partner with FORA.tv to cover the events of this highly-anticipated Democratic National Convention. Frank and Eve talk about what candidate-elect Barack Obama needs to accomplish during the course of this important week in...
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- -: Obama the Candidate, Obama the Leader - Norm Ornstein
August 28, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Historian and AEI Resident Scholar Norman J. Ornstein discusses what Barack Obama's Presidential campaign may reveal about his leadership abilities, in a discussion with New Republic Editor Frank Foer. FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: http://fora.tv/topic/democratic_convention The New Republic ...
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- -: Was Palin a Bad Pick for VP? - Mann and Ornstein
September 3, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/01/Baker_Ornstein_and_Mann_at_the_RNC Political analysts Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein criticize John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for Vice President, and discuss how Palin may affect McCain's chances in the 2008 Presidential Election. This interview w...
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- -: How and Why McCain Chose Palin - Norm Ornstein
September 8, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/01/Baker_Ornstein_and_Mann_at_the_RNC American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Norman Ornstein reveals the contentious sequence of events that led McCain to choose Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate - claiming that, in fact, Senator ...
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- -: Just Another Obamamaniac at the 2008 DNC - FORA.tv Blog
September 9, 2008 (over 15 years ago)FORA.tv's Trevar Mazza shares his final day at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, as he makes his way to Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium for Barack Obama's acceptance speech. Full disclosure: At FORA.tv, we pride ourselves in our ability to cover all shades of polit...
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- -: Norm Ornstein on FORA.tv
September 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Author, political commentator, and AEI Resident Scholar Norman J. Ornstein explains why he's a fan of FORA.tv. For more Norm Ornstein at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions: How Will the Candidates Govern? http://fora.tv/2008/08/25/How_Will_The_Candidates_Govern On Barack Obama...
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- -: Restoring the Republic, But Not Through the Candidates
September 22, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/04/Wars_in_Iraq_and_Vietnam_Threats_Against_Iran "Pentagon Papers" leaker Daniel Ellsberg criticizes both John McCain and Barack Obama for resisting efforts to reign in Executive powers. ----- Daniel Ellsberg is the author of the Pentagon Papers, which...
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- -: Barack Obama, Rev. Wright, and the Post-Civil Rights Movemen
October 17, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/23/The_African-American_Church_and_American_Politics Biblical scholar Obrey Hendricks and historian Barbara Savage argue that Senator Barack Obama and Reverend Jeremiah Wright are parallel figures of the post-Civil Rights movement. ----- What is the pa...
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- -: At the Battle of Ideas 2008 Festival - FORA.tv Blog
November 7, 2008 (over 15 years ago)FORA.tv's Bob Appel reports live from London at the Institute of Ideas' Battle of Ideas 2008 festival. FORA will be posting most of the panels from the festival over the next several weeks. Keep an eye on our Institute of Ideas partner channel for updates. Institute of Ideas partner channel on F...
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- -: Golfing with Sean Connery - Jim Nantz
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/11/Jim_Nantz_Always_By_My_Side CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz tells the story of his day golfing with actor Sean Connery. ----- Jim Nantz talks about his new book, Always By My Side. One of America's most visible sports commentators relives some of th...
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- -: Hanging Out with Clinton and Bush 41 - Jim Nantz
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/11/Jim_Nantz_Always_By_My_Side Sportscaster Jim Nantz recalls his experiences while tagging along on a recreational weekend with former U.S. Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. ----- Jim Nantz talks about his new book, Always By My Side. On...
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- -: Why the F-word Works - Roy Blount, Jr.
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/10/Roy_Blount_Jr_The_Sounds_Roots_and_History_of_Words Humorist author Roy Blount, Jr. examines the visceral power of the "F-word" by contrasting it with other, less effective verbal interjections. ----- Roy Blount, Jr. talks about Alphabet Juice: The ...
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- -: The X Prize: Innovation Through Competition
December 13, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/12/Peter_Diamandis-Long-Term_X_Prizes Peter Diamandis explains the ideas behind his X PRIZE Foundation, an organization designed to inspire scientific and technological breakthroughs by hosting high-profile, high-payoff competitions. ----- Peter Diaman...
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- -: MythBusters' Adam Savage - Dodos, Maltese Falcons, and the Art of Obsession
December 20, 2008 (over 15 years ago)MythBusters co-host Adam Savage gives a fast-paced presentation on personal obsessions. Savage explains how his fascination with dodo bird skeletons eventually led to his designing of an exact bronze-cast replica of the titular statue from the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie, "The Maltese Falcon." --...
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- -: Public Lands in the US - Huey Johnson
December 30, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/03/Huey_Johnson_Green_Planning_at_Nation_Scale Environmentalist and Resource Renewal Institute founder Huey Johnson charges U.S. politicians with exploiting the use of public lands, especially in western states. ----- Huey Johnson addresses the Long No...
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- -: Porno Spam Sinks LA Times Wiki Experiment - Michael Kinsley
January 6, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/12/09/Michael_Kinsley_Creative_Capitalism Political journalist Michael Kinsley describes a failed LA Times experiment with posting an online editorial as an editable wiki. Nevertheless, Kinsley still believes experimentation may offer "a way out of the curr...
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- -: Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor
January 7, 2009 (over 15 years ago)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, Richa...
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- -: Sarah Vowell on the "Smart-Alecky" Geneva Bible
January 9, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/18/Sarah_Vowell_The_Wordy_Shipmates In an excerpt from her book "The Wordy Shipmates," essayist and public radio commentator Sarah Vowell explains the difference between the Geneva Bible and the King James Bible. Vowell identifies the former scripture as...
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- -: Rupert Murdoch: Australia Should Join NATO
January 13, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/02/Rupert_Murdoch_Australia_in_the_Century_of_Opportunity News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch says NATO should be reformed to include Australia because of its strategic position near Asia. Murdoch argues that world threats have expanded beyond the...
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- -: Multiracialism In America - Jane Junn
January 20, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/05/Color_Blind_The_2008_Race_and_Beyond Political scientist Jane Junn examines shifting views on racial categorization in the United States. Junn notes the increasingly common use of the "Multiracial" designation on the U.S. Census, and discusses what it...
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- -: Putin Jabs at US Over Global Economic Crisis
January 30, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/28/2009_World_Economic_Forum_Opening_Plenary Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses the current "perfect storm" of global economic crisis, and criticizes America's role in the financial downturn. "Today, investment banks, the pride of Wall Stree...
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- -: Overcoming Uncertainty - Jonah Lehrer
March 5, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/19/Jonah_Lehrer_Inside_My_Mind Author Jonah Lehrer explains why, whether when buying cereal or investing in stocks, people can become paralyzed when faced with too much information. He explains that indecision often leads to "catastrophic consequences," ...
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- -: Do Copyright Laws Stifle Creativity? - Lawrence Lessig
March 12, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/26/Remix_Steven_Johnson_Lawrence_Lessig_and_Shepard_Fairey Using examples from YouTube, Stanford law professor and copyright activist Lawrence Lessig discusses the influence of "remixes" and "mashups" of existing art on culture as a whole, and ponders th...
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- -: How Reagan Changed American Politics
March 16, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/27/Vernon_Bogdanor_Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan Professor Vernon Bogdanor traces Ronald Reagan's rise from movie star to influential US president. Bogdanor examines how Reagan's governing style often led critics to underestimate his intelligence and capab...
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- -: Funeral for Analog TV - Paul Saffo
March 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/17/Bruce_Sterling_and_Paul_Saffo_Funeral_for_Analog_TV Technologist Paul Saffo examines the history of analog television, as a part of the Long Now Foundation's "Funeral for Analog TV." ----- Join author Bruce Sterling, technology pundit Paul Saffo, an...
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- -: Value Investing: Buy Cheap, Obscure and Out of Fashion
April 8, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Professor Bruce C. Greenwald discusses his executive education course in value investing and what differentiates the practice from other investment strategies. "Most investors are constitutionally oriented to buying lottery tickets," he says. "And that's what creates the value opportunities for t...
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- -: Child Molesting Priest Leads to 'Shattered' Faith - William Lobdell
April 14, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/25/Losing_Religion_William_Lobdell Former L.A. Times journalist William Lobdell recalls reporting on members of a Catholic church who rallied to support a child molesting priest. The incident "shattered" Lobdell's faith, causing him to reconsider his con...
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- -: Blue Sweater Illustrates Global Connectivity - Jacqueline Novogratz
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Jacqueline_Novogratz_Murder_Philanthropy_Blue_Sweaters Entrepreneurial philanthropist Jacqueline Novogratz tells the story of how, ten years after donating her sweater to Goodwill, she finds it worn by a young boy in Kingali. She says, "I hold it...as...
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- -: Coming Soon from Google: Private Fiber Optics to the Home
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/15/Empowering_Internet_Users_Two_Ideas_to_Reshape_Broadband Policy analyst Derek Slater draws from the history of rural telephone cooperatives to question owning a personal internet connection. Slater lists three advantages to owning a personal connectio...
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- -: Linking Motherhood and Morality - Anna Funder
May 8, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/12/Anna_Funder_on_Courage In light of the birth of her daughter, author Anna Funder shares her personal experience with courage and morality. Funder believes motherhood has taught her a visceral "gut" understanding of good and bad. ----- Anna Funder de...
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- -: Israeli Barrier: Security or Apartheid? - Jeff Halper
May 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/16/Jeff_Halper_Countdown_to_Apartheid_in_Israel Jeff Halper, co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, explains why he believes Israel's "separation barrier" enforces apartheid between Israelis and Palestinians. He compares the Israe...
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- -: Hungry Girl Says Don't Always Believe Low Fat Labels
May 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/04/Hungry_Girl_Lisa_Lillien_Offers_Dieting_Wisdom Lisa Lillien, founder of hungry-girl.com, remembers testing "low-fat" Trader Joe's Chili Lime Chicken Burgers in a food lab and discovering they actually contain 12 fat grams, instead of the 3 grams liste...
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- -: Conservatives and Fiscal Responsibility - P.J. O'Rourke
May 27, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/22/Conservative_Comedy_with_Political_Satirist_PJ_ORourke Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke criticizes the fiscal irresponsibility of recent conservative legislators. He says the poorest and least advantaged always suffer the most from any of the "three w...
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- -: Obstacles to Unlocking the Human Genome
May 28, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/19/A_Closer_Look_at_Personal_Genomic_Testing A panel of DNA, policy, and research experts analyze the social implications of pharmaceutical companies and universities patenting the human genome. Ballon compares the argument against releasing genetic info...
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- -: Office Sex: Just Part of Being Human? - Alain de Botton
May 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Author Alain de Botton discusses the taboo of sexual relations between coworkers. He draws comparisons between the Catholic Church's stance on sex to the polices found at many places of work. "What ...
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- -: Finding Meaning in the Daily Grind - Alain de Botton
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Author Alain de Botton says routine work allows us to impose order, provides us a distraction from thoughts of deaths and permits us to be something "slightly better than we manage to be in our day-...
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- -: Life Lessons from a Biscuit Factory - Alain de Botton
June 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Alain de Botton, author of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, discusses lessons he learned from observing workers at a United Biscuits factory in the UK. According to Botton, highly specialized jobs...
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- -: P.J. O'Rourke Says Gun Control Futile in US
June 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/22/Conservative_Comedy_with_Political_Satirist_PJ_ORourke Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke argues that guns are so deeply ingrained in the national culture of the United States that strict gun control is a moot point. ----- Deliberately offensive, dete...
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- -: Medical Benefits to Genetic Testing
June 3, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/19/A_Closer_Look_at_Personal_Genomic_Testing Linda Avey, co-founder of the genetic testing company 23andMe, discusses the personal information she learned from having her own DNA analyzed. She also lists some medical advantages of obtaining and understan...
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- -: Privacy vs Convenience in Personal Genetic Tech
June 3, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/19/A_Closer_Look_at_Personal_Genomic_Testing A panel of DNA policy and research experts connect the openness affiliated with the web 2.0 phenomenon to the growing acceptance for personal genetic testing. "We have a different sensitivity to privacy becaus...
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- -: The Feedback Loop: Ecological Damage Soon Beyond Control
June 4, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Bill_McKibben_350_The_Most_Important_Number_in_the_World Deep Economy author Bill McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org, argues for immediate action on environmental reform, warning that the consequences of climate change may already be beyond ...
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- -: Adam Savage's Favorite Mythbusters Episode
June 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage discusses his current favorite episode "Swimming in Syrup," in which the Mythbusters tested to see if a person can swim just as fast in syrup as in water. ----- The 4th annual...
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- -: John Bogle Slams Managerial Capitalism
June 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/13/The_Culture_that_Spawned_the_Crisis_A_Closer_Look John Bogle, founder and retired CEO of The Vanguard Group, holds the managers of mutual funds liable for the financial crisis. He blames the "sea change" in the nature of capitalism -- from "traditiona...
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- -: 350 PPM CO2: Earth's Tipping Point? - Bill McKibben
June 10, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Bill_McKibben_350_The_Most_Important_Number_in_the_World Deep Economy author Bill McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org, presents the current concentration of carbon in the atmosphere, which has surpassed the redline of 350 ppm identified by sc...
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- -: Adam Savage on the Best Mythbusters Explosions
June 11, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage recalls his favorite explosion from the show. The winner? Water heaters. "I never get tired of watching those things blow up," he says. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Ar...
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- -: Friedrich Nietzsche - The Original Rockstar?
June 11, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/17/Craig_Schuftan_Hey_Nietzsche_Leave_Them_Kids_Alone Author Craig Schuftan describes similarities between Friedrich Nietzsche and modern rock stars. He explains how Nietzsche's philosophy reflects the hedonistic, egotistic, and daredevil aspects of rock...
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- -: Do Liars Get Caught on Purpose? - Malcom Knox
June 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/29/Honor_in_a_Post-God_World_with_Malcolm_Knox Author Malcolm Knox contends that liars and hypocrites do not always lack honor, but feel a masochistic desire to get caught. "It's the mortification they seek, the private paradoxical thrill of taking contr...
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- -: Emo and Individualism: We're All Alone Together
June 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/17/Craig_Schuftan_Hey_Nietzsche_Leave_Them_Kids_Alone Craig Schuftan, author of Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone, examines the contradictions inherent in the emo style of music. He discusses how both David Bowie and My Chemical Romance inspired "a ...
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- -: Failure Builds Character - Mythbusters' Adam Savage
June 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage describes the life lesson he learned after a job from his early days as a set designer went horribly awry and ruined a friendship. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Area ho...
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- -: Nikola Tesla and the Quest for Wireless Electricity
June 16, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Electricity_Theater_with_Omega_Recoil John Behrens and Sparky Jewell, members of Omega Recoil, explain the Tesla coil's origins and Nikola Tesla's efforts to transmit energy wirelessly. They also describe their own attempts to recreate Tesla's experim...
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- -: Obama's Plan for Health Care Reform - Christina Romer
June 18, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/08/Christina_Romer_The_Economic_Case_for_Health_Care_Reform Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama, discusses the details of the Obama administration's plan for health care reform. She names incentives for technolog...
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- -: Reasons for Optimism on the Economy? - Christina Romer
June 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/08/Christina_Romer_The_Economic_Case_for_Health_Care_Reform Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers for the Obama administration, contrasts the current recession to the Great Depression. She credits better federal policy for diverting ...
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- -: Art, Ethics and the Law - David Marr
June 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/22/The_Future_of_Hard-Hitting_Investigative_Journalism Journalist David Marr reflects on the case involving Australian photographer Bill Henson's photos of semi-nude adolescent girls. Marr criticizes the tendency to involve government and police into mat...
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- -: Longest Lasting Effect of Financial Crisis Will Be Anger
June 23, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/22/Buyouts_Takeovers_Downsizing_Financial_Reporting_in_Todays_Economy Alan Murray, assistant managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, says people are watching financial news right now because they are angry. "The longest lasting effects of this are go...
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- -: Authorizing Torture: The Gestapo and Abu Ghraib
June 30, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/02/Torture_and_Democracy_What_Now Torture and Democracy author Darius Rejali says that top down authorization of enhanced interrogation techniques frequently lead to systematic abuse as guidelines trickle down the ranks. He compares integration abuses by...
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- -: Torture and the Modern World - Darius Rejali
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/02/Torture_and_Democracy_What_Now Torture and Democracy author Darius Rejali examines the idea of torture in a modern context, and discusses why accusations of abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay caused such controversy among global observers. ----- ...
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- -: Will Russia Ever Build a 'Western-Style' Democracy?
July 2, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Russia_and_the_Medvedev_Presidency_One_Year_On Kirill Nourzhanov argues that the Putin and Medvedev presidential administrations share in their opposition to Western-style democracy. He says "the substance remains the same," no matter their "differenc...
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- -: Gerry Adams Calls Irish Americans to Activism
July 14, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/27/A_United_Ireland_How_Do_We_Get_There Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams discusses the impact of Irish American activists on U.S. foreign policy towards Ireland, and argues that further support from activists could lead to an end to British rule. "Freedom...
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- -: A Five-Year-Old in Debt: Learning with Video Games
July 15, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Ian_Bogost_at_X-Media_Lab_Serious_Gaming Video games as educational tools? Believe it, says game designer and researcher Ian Bogost. Bogost recalls how Nintendo's hit game Animal Crossing taught his young son a valuable lesson about debt. ----- Vide...
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- -: What's the 'Rate of Return' on Social Skills? - James Heckman
July 17, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/29/James_Heckman_An_Economists_Perspective_on_Education Economist James Heckman links "soft skills" such as perseverance, attention, motivation, and self-confidence to "success in society at large." Heckman argues that investing in socio-cultural skills ...
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- -: How Christmas Trees Are Restoring Louisiana's Wetlands - Ray Nagin
July 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/26/New_Orleans_Mayor_Ray_Nagin_Post_Hurricane_Katrina New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin explains how recycled Christmas trees have accelerated the regrowth of Louisiana's hurricane-battered wetlands. However, Nagin urges for a levy protection system to protect...
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- -: Chris Anderson: YouTube Full of Crap!
July 27, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/16/Chris_Anderson_on_FREE_The_Future_of_Radical_Price Chris Anderson, WIRED editor and author of FREE, explains how the future of TV is going to be decided collectively. Is YouTube full of crap? "The answer is yes, and that's what makes it so great," say...
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- -: How Gaming Survives the Recession - John Riccitiello
July 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/19/EA_CEO_Dont_Fear_the_Changes_for_Video_Games Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello offers three rules for surviving a recession: decide what's important, invest heavily in those programs and cut the rest. He offers a sneak peek at EA's Fall line-up, in...
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- -: Designing Your Perfect Work Day - Craig Nathanson
July 30, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/13/Craig_Nathanson_Dont_Just_Retire__Die Vocational coach Craig Nathanson leads an exercise in planning "your perfect vocational day," including ideal activities, work settings, and associates. He explains that the key to living an authentic life is lear...
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- -: Would a Public Option Hurt Competition? - David Hyman
July 31, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Another_Government_Health_Insurance_Program The Cato Institute's David Hyman argues against a public option for health insurance, suggesting that if there is a monopoly in health care, the government should dissolve the monopoly and not begin competin...
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- -: Can McDonalds Help Promote Global Health? - Don Nutbeam
August 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/12/Health_Sustainability_and_Globalization Don Nutbeam explains that while many oppose the global spread of companies like McDonald's and Coca-Cola, their wide distribution network could be used to improve global health. "Can we as public health activist...
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- -: What's Wrong with the Big Bang Theory?
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/23/Marcus_Chown_in_Conversation_with_Fred_Watson Marcus Chown argues that as more and more ideas are "tacked on" to the original big bang theory, it's becoming apparent that there is "a really, really big idea missing." He predicts "someone in the next.....
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- -: Quantum Computers and Parallel Universes
August 19, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/23/Marcus_Chown_in_Conversation_with_Fred_Watson 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 ...
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- -: End of Religion, End of Democracy? - Harry Jaffa
August 20, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/14/Harry_Jaffa_A_New_Birth_of_Freedom Distinguished historian Harry Jaffa weighs the correlation between Judeo-Christian religions and the stability of democracy. He claims that we are moving into a communist world, only without the revolution that Karl ...
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- -: McDonald's Appeal? A 'Safe' Meal - Max Barry
August 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Max_Barry_on_Risk Satirical author Max Barry argues that one of the keys to McDonald's success is safety. He says consumers are comforted by the stability found within the Golden Arches. ----- Bestselling satirical novelist Max Barry explains how ou...
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- -: Are We Obsessed with Safety? - Max Barry
August 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Max_Barry_on_Risk Satirical author Max Barry discusses our society's increasing preoccupation with avoiding risk. He argues that this need for safety has led to everything from overprotective parents to the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. ----- Bestse...
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- -: If the Burka's Banned, What Comes Next?
August 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/15/Should_the_Burka_Be_Banned Journalists Virginia Haussegger and Julie Posetti debate the ethics of banning the burka in Australia. ----- Muslim women's dress codes have come into the political spotlight in both Muslim-majority and non-Muslim societie...
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- -: Where Are the Next Great Film Directors? - James Ivory
August 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/05/James_Ivory_of_Merchant_Ivory_Productions Director James Ivory says the current state of advanced cinematic technology would allow for creation of great films on par with the "great Russian novels." However, he recognizes no currently active directors...
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- -: Electric Cars: A Dual Plan for Recharged Driving
August 28, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/22/The_Electric_Horizon_Shai_Agassi Better Place CEO Shai Agassi discusses his ideas for mass public adoption of electric cars. Agassi's plan calls for charging outlets at parking spots for city driving, and battery switching stations for traveling exten...
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