- -: TEDxColumbus - Dirk Knemeyer - Time and Tools to Change
November 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dirk argues humanity took a wrong turn, but is getting close to finding its way again. After centuries of industrial production in inhuman ways and scales we now have the opportunity to turn our substantial capacity for remaking the world toward the most promising and unexplored of frontiers: our...
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- -: John Gray - Are Men Poor Listeners?
February 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/11/John_Gray_Why_Mars_and_Venus_Collide John Gray, bestselling author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus," argues that differences between men's and women's brains lead to men being viewed as poor listeners. ----- John Gray talks about Why Mar...
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- -: John Gray - Do Men and Women Deal with Stress Differently?
February 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/11/John_Gray_Why_Mars_and_Venus_Collide John Gray, bestselling author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus," argues that differences between men's and women's brains lead women to cope with stress differently than men. ----- John Gray talks abou...
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- -: Hooking Up on College Campuses - Sexuality Panel
June 19, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/05/Lets_Talk_about_Sex_The_State_of_Modern_Sexuality Columnist of "Sex on Tuesday" Julia Ingle discusses the cultural change in college sexual norms, most specifically the expectations of hooking up and the abnormality of long-term relationships. ----- ...
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- -: Office Sex: Just Part of Being Human? - Alain de Botton
May 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/23/Alain_de_Botton_on_the_Pleasures_and_Sorrows_of_Work Author Alain de Botton discusses the taboo of sexual relations between coworkers. He draws comparisons between the Catholic Church's stance on sex to the polices found at many places of work. "What ...
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- -: What's the 'Rate of Return' on Social Skills? - James Heckman
July 17, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/29/James_Heckman_An_Economists_Perspective_on_Education Economist James Heckman links "soft skills" such as perseverance, attention, motivation, and self-confidence to "success in society at large." Heckman argues that investing in socio-cultural skills ...
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- -: Helen Fisher: Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
February 24, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/24/Digital_Life_Design_2010_Human_Emotion Why do you fall in love with one person rather than another? Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher refutes Cupid's arrow and explains her theory of four personality types, each based on a chemical found in the b...
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- -: Is Monogamy Linked to Brain Size?
March 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/18/Robin_Dunbar_How_Many_Friends_Does_One_Person_Need Calling monogamy an "especially taxing" cognitive practice, evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar links large brain size to romantic pairings among mammals. "Maintaining pair bonds," says Dunbar, "...
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- -: How Weird Are You? (And Other Zappos Interview Questions)
July 19, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/26/Zappos_CEO_Tony_Hsieh_Delivering_Happiness On a scale of one to ten, how weird are you? Believe it or not, this is a standard interview question at online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com. CEO Tony Hsieh explains the company's 10 "committable cor...
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- -: John Gray: Everyone Over 40 Has Cancer
August 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/05/John_Gray_Venus_on_Fire_Mars_on_Ice John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, argues that there is a direct correlation between stress levels and cancer. "Everybody who is over 40 years old today, it's proven, has cancer growing in...
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