How Accountable are Smokers for Their Habit?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=810 Medical historian and anti-smoking advocate Allan Brandt debates the level of personal responsibility smokers hold for their addiction to tobacco. ----- Allan Brandt researched "The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America," and af... Read more
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- -: How Accountable are Smokers for Their Habit?
April 11, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=810 Medical historian and anti-smoking advocate Allan Brandt debates the level of personal responsibility smokers hold for their addiction to tobacco. ----- Allan Brandt researched "The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persis...
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- -: Overcoming Drug and Alcohol Addiction - Curry and Wandzilak
August 21, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=995 Co-authors Constance Curry and Kristina Wandzilak discuss the struggles with drug and alcohol addiction at the heart of their book, "The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter's Worst Nightmare." ----- Constance Curry and Kristin...
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- -: The Psychology of Time - Philip Zimbardo
December 20, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/12/Philip_Zimbardo_The_Time_Paradox Stanford University psychologist Philip Zimbardo explains how personal concepts of time can affect psychological behavior. ----- What if your attitudes toward time could explain why you are chronically late, why you'...
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- -: What Rock Bottom Looks Like - David Carr
June 24, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/15/David_Carr_The_Night_of_the_Gun Warning: This excerpt contains graphic descriptions of drug abuse. New York Times columnist and recovering addict David Carr reads a haunting excerpt from his memoir. Carr describes hitting rock bottom after bringing h...
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- -: Trying and Failing at Suburban Alcoholism - David Carr
June 25, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/15/David_Carr_The_Night_of_the_Gun New York Times columnist David Carr shares his experience with an alcohol relapse 14 years into his recovery from addiction to crack. Carr says he thought, "You know, I wonder what would happen if I poured whiskey all o...
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- -: Constantly Checking Your Inbox? Email Addiction Explained
November 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/27/The_Tyranny_of_E-mail_John_Freeman John Freeman describes the psychology behind compulsive email checking. He explains that the neurological effects of constantly checking your inbox are similar to those of playing a slot machine. "Rather than reward ...
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- -: Internet Addiction: A Clinical Disorder? - Judith Horstman
November 9, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/26/A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Your_Brain_Judith_Horstman Author and journalist Judith Horstman outlines a chapter from her most recent book, Day in the Life of Your Brain. The chapter covers technology use and overuse, including the speculated relationship bet...
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- -: Practical Solutions to End the War on Drugs - Alex Wodak
November 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Should_All_Drug_Use_Be_Made_Legal Physician Alex Wodak discusses reforming the war on drugs, including legalizing marijuana and repealing criminal penalties for personal possession and consumption. He says the focus of drug reform should be on harm re...
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- -: A Ten-Step Program to End Email Addiction - John Freeman
November 19, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/27/The_Tyranny_of_E-mail_John_Freeman John Freeman outlines two of the steps in his ten-step program to end email addiction. "The number one thing...is not sending an email," he explains. "Another thing is just not checking it in the morning or at night....
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Rachel Botsman: The Case for Collaborative Consumption
May 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Sharing and collaborative lifestyles are advocated by Rachel Botsman in her study of human's collaborative nature.
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