- -: How the Gulf Oil Spill Became History's Worst
December 15, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/09/Ecosystem_Impact_of_the_Deepwater_Horizon_Disaster Cal Academy's Peter Roopnarine compares how the original spill estimates from the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the actual totals from the oil spill stack up against other large spills. According to ...
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- -: Are We Suffering from a Lack of Innovation?
February 15, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/02/Venture_Capital_2011_with_Max_Levchin_and_Peter_Thiel Paypal co-founder Max Levchin perceives a lack of big ideas in Silicon Valley and among technology leaders around the world. Levchin contrasts this to the great risks and innovations of the space r...
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- -: The Gaming of Education
February 25, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/18/The_Great_Brain_Debate Media commentator Peter Williams argues that gaming can actually help kids learn and engage in their environment more deeply. Williams explains how games as varied as Donkey Kong and Fallout may have shaped his son's education a...
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- -: Why Romney Will Not Be President (Despite His Good Looks)
March 11, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/01/Collins_Allen_and_Beinart_The_New_Order_in_Washington Journalists Gail Collins and Mike Allen discuss the likelihood of Mitt Romney making a succesful bid for president in 2012. Allen argues that Romney's good looks are his best chance at becoming Pre...
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- -: The Politics of Pension Reforms
March 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/01/Collins_Allen_and_Beinart_The_New_Order_in_Washington Journalists Mike Allen and Gail Collins weigh in on the debate over pension reforms. Collins argues for specific reforms in the area of disability payments, and criticizes alleged inefficiency in m...
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- -: Peter Thiel Rewards Students for Dropping Out of College
April 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation Venture capitalist Peter Thiel discusses his controversial decision to pay promising young innovators to drop out of college and pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. ----- The Ideas Economy is an online forum that conve...
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- -: Visualizing Our Ecological Footprint
April 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/22/Resilient_Cities_Urbanism_in_the_Age_of_Climate_Change Architect and urban planner Peter Calthorpe visualizes humanity's ecological footprint by examining the demand we make of the planet in terms of land area. He shows that by representing data in te...
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- -: Krugman: Unions Ward Off 'Gilded Age' Politics
April 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/06/Peter_Beinart_in_Conversation_with_Paul_Krugman Economist Paul Krugman draws a correlation between the strength of unionized workers and the status of the middle class. "Unions ... are the only organized counterweight to the power of big money," argue...
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- -: Is City Living Bad for Your Brain?
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/27/Peter_Kareiva_Conservation_in_the_Real_World Peter Kareiva, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, cites a recent study that compared the brains of people living in rural areas to those living in cities. Interestingly, those living in rural areas...
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- -: Mobile Technology: The New Face of Conservation?
July 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/27/Peter_Kareiva_Conservation_in_the_Real_World Peter Kareiva, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, discusses how mobile technology and social networks can be leveraged to foster climate change awareness and inspire the next generation of conserva...
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