- -: Physicist Leonard Susskind Rejects Intelligent Design
August 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/23/Leonard_Susskind_-_The_Black_Hole_War Stanford University theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind rejects the idea of "intelligent design" as a theory for the origins of the universe. ----- Recognizing a contradiction in Stephen Hawking's claim that...
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- -: Maya Lin on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
November 11, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/24/Maya_Lin_on_Universal_Loss_and_Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial Artist Maya Lin discusses the meaning behind her once-controversial design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. ----- Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes is a major exhibition of ...
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- -: Bag Borrow or Steal: Fashion Meets Online Innovation
May 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Weathering_the_Storm_Retail_Solutions_for_All_Seasons Retail consultant Robert Burke advises companies weathering the economic recession to consider unconventional business models. As an example he discusses the Internet company Bag Borrow or Steal, a...
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- -: Intelligent Design an Immoral Argument? - Daniel Dennett and John Haught
December 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/17/Great_Issues_Forum_What_Is_Religion Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that it is immoral for pastors to teach intelligent design. Theologian John Haught criticizes Dennett's language but expresses agreement with his position, identifying creationism a...
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- -: How Steve Wozniak Brought Color to Personal Computers
February 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/Steve_Wozniak_Creativity_in_the_21st_Century 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 ...
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- -: Behind the Scenes with OK Go's Rube Goldberg Machine
June 18, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/22/Adam_Sadowsky_Music_Machines__Life Adam Sadowsky discusses the Rube Goldberg machine that his engineering team, Syyn Labs, created for OK Go's music video "This Too Shall Pass." The team had to plan flexibly, he says, as components of the machine ofte...
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- -: The Vertical Gardens of Patrick Blanc
February 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/10/Patrick_Blanc_The_Vertical_Garden Vertical garden pioneer Patrick Blanc highlights the variety of designs he has installed around the world. Projects range from a grandiose interior installation at the National Theater in Taipei, to an understated her...
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- -: Drawing Inspiration: Balenciaga and Contemporary Art
June 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/26/Balenciaga_and_Spain_Symposium Hamish Bowles, European editor-at-large of American Vogue, discusses the influence of abstract contemporary Spanish artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró, on the work of legendary fashion designer Cristóba...
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- -: Savulescu: Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?
July 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/31/Unnatural_Selection_Artificial_Life_and_Designer_Babies Bioethicist Julian Savulescu makes an argument for procreative beneficence, his conviction that parents are morally obligated to breed the healthiest children possible. "Nature has no mind to equ...
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Isaac Mizrahi: Fashion and Creativity
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Isaac Mizrahi shares how he gets ideas and a lot of the things and activities he draws inspiration from.
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