- -: The First Technology? Humanity Itself
December 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/03/Kevin_Kelly_What_Technology_Wants In defining the corpus of technological invention as "the technium," Kevin Kelly defines humanity itself as the first technology, declaring that we created ourselves. "We are the created and the creator," says Kelly. ...
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- -: Can the Earth Feed a Population of 9 Billion People?
April 16, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/22/Matt_Ridley_Deep_Optimism Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist, looks at past rates of food production to explain why it should eventually be possible to produce enough food to feed a global population of 9 billion people. ----- Via trade an...
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- -: Joshua Foer: Using Memory to Prolong Your (Perceived) Life
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/14/Joshua_Foer_Moonwalking_with_Einstein "Monotony collapses time. Novelty unfolds it," reads Joshua Foer from his book, Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, explaining that creating more worthwhile memories can lengt...
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- -: DNA: The Living Record of Humanity's Journey
June 16, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_information Dr. Spencer Wells, explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, describes his work examining human origins not through skeletal records, but rather by analyzing DNA. ----- The Ideas Economy: Information is a fr...
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- -: Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
October 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawkins shows why no species -- including homo sapiens -- ...
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Michelle Kwan: Michelle Kwan's Commencement Speech at SVC
May 23, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Figure skater Michelle Kwan inspires the class of 2010 to keep moving towards the future no matter how many falls or failures they may encounter.
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Rachel Sussman: The World's Oldest Living Things
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Rachel Sussman shows photographs of some of the oldest living things in the planet from gigantic baobabs to permafrost actinobacteria.
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