- -: Using Video Games as Therapy
December 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Chris Bertram, network investigator for NeuroDevNet, explains his organization's innovative work, which aims to leverage the interest and skill associated with gaming by turning video games into therapy.
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- -: How the Internet Can Educate Our Computer 'Overlords'
December 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the next step for the Internet Archive, which involves making its information accessible to a new type of consumer: computers. He explains that in addition to helping im...
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- -: The Mystery of Paleontology's "Hobbit"
December 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/06/A_Debate_Who_Was_the_Hobbit Ian Tattersall, paleoanthropologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, describes the discovery of fossil LB1 (nicknamed the "hobbit"), and the mystery surrounding the nearly complete skeleton. ----- Le...
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- -: The Mystery of Palentology's "Hobbit"
December 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/06/A_Debate_Who_Was_the_Hobbit Ian Tattersall, paleoanthropologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, describes the discovery of fossil LB1 (nicknamed the "hobbit"), and the mystery surrounding the nearly complete skeleton. ----- Le...
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- -: Jesse LaGreca: Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Driven By Anger
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/07/Blueprint_for_Accountability_Truth_and_Consequences Prominent Occupy Wall Street activist Jesse LaGreca argues that in a stale economy, working-class Americans are being forced to make big sacrifices while major Wall Street players have still not been...
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- -: Impact Investing: Saving Capitalism from Itself
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Best_Practices_in_Impact_Investing Mitchell Kapor, founder of the Mitchell Kapor Foundation, calls for investing with an eye toward creating a more sustainable form of capitalism. He explains that despite growing anger from groups like Occupy Wall Str...
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- -: The Wayback Machine: Preserving the History of Web Pages
December 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the inner workings of the Internet Archive's most famous service, the Wayback Machine. He explains that in addition to providing users a dose of nostalgia, it can also b...
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- -: The Rise of eBooks: Are Physical Books Becoming Obsolete?
December 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/05/What_Is_the_Future_of_the_Independent_Bookstore With the universal rise of eBooks, independent book sellers and authors are worried that changes in consumption patterns will render the physical book obsolete. Author Jonathan Ames voices this concern, ...
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- -: Gabriel Byrne Praises Irish PM for Speaking Against the Vatican
December 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/11/James_X_Talkback_with_Mannix_Flynn_and_Gabriel_Byrne Gabriel Byrne, director of "James X," a play about sexual abuse in the Irish Catholic church, commends Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny for speaking out against the Vatican, an act that resulted in t...
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- -: Oliver Stone: The Untold History of JFK's Assassination
December 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/15/Exploring_Untold_History_Oliver_Stone_and_David_Talbot Oliver Stone, filmmaker and author of Oliver Stone's Untold History of America, talks with Salon founder David Talbot about alternate theories of the Kennedy assassination. Stone argues the assass...
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