- -: Bill Gates: End-of-Life Care vs. Saving Teachers' Jobs
September 10, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/08/A_Conversation_with_Bill_Gates_at_Aspen_Ideas_Festival Microsoft Chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates examines the impact that the misallocation of healthcare funds has on the education system. He pins some of the blame on excessive end-of-life care...
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- -: Would Legalizing Marijuana Increase Consumption?
November 4, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/27/Marijuana_Economics_Panel A panel of advocates debate the potential effects of marijuana legalization on consumption rates of the drug. Cannabis activist Richard Lee argues that legalization decreases marijuana use, while RAND's Beau Kilmer points out...
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- -: Is WikiLeaks' Julian Assange the Next Daniel Ellsberg?
March 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/12/WikiLeaks_Security_Diplomacy_and_Global_Gossip Mark McArdle, CEO of tinyHippos, and CIGI Distinguished Fellow Paul Heinbecker discuss the differences between Wikileaks' Julian Assange and famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. McArdle and Heinbecker arg...
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- -: Facebook News Feed: The New Face of Journalism?
March 15, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/04/The_Fourth_Estate_in_a_Digital_Democracy David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, asserts that the Facebook News Feed is a new form of journalism. Quoting founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Kirkpatrick says, "A squirrel dying in front of your h...
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- -: Weighing Strikes on North Korea, Iran, Pakistan
April 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/aba_spring_meeting_2011 Former CIA official Paul Pillar outlines a few possible consequences of a preemptive military strike on Pakistan, North Korea, or Iran, in the name of nuclear non-proliferation. ---- On the Rim of the Abyss: Military ...
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- -: Racial Profiling After 9/11
May 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/03/Racial_Profiling_in_a_Post-Racial_America Legal scholar Paul Butler examines four primary attitudes on racial profiling in post-9/11 America. Butler argues that proponents of racial profiling underestimate the costs of the practice, while overestimati...
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- -: A Doctor's Prescription for Halo? Video Games as Medicine
September 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/gamificationsummit_nyc_2011 A panel of game designers and healthcare experts discuss the feasibility of having insurance companies cover video games as medical treatments. ----- Behavior Change: Improving Lives & Increasing Longevity Moderator: Lib...
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- -: SuperBetter: Game Your Way to a Healthier Lifestyle
September 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/gamificationsummit_nyc_2011 Sean Baenan of Social Chocolate shows screen shots of Jane McGonigal's new game SuperBetter (still in closed beta). The objective of the game is to set and achieve health goals through an immersive interactive environment. ...
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- -: Jimmy Fallon's Writers - "Thank You Notes" and Other Recurring Sketches
October 24, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Moderator Stephen Rodrick (Editor/Writer) asks A.D. Miles (Head Writer) about creating and writing the "Thank You Note" sketches on Jimmy Fallon. A.D. Miles talks about the experience of having the members of Monty Python on the show. Mike "Deetch" DiCenzo discusses the Obama and 1990's bits. ...
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Andrew Garfield: Andrew Garfield's Amazing, Heartfelt Comic-Con Spiderman Speech
July 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dressed as spiredman, Andrew Garfield comes up the Comic-Con stage to introduce the Spiderman panel with his heart-felt speech on how the web-swinging superhero made an impact in his life early on.
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